''Lagusia micracanthus'' is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

from the

grunter Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the Family (biology), family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the Superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Percoidea of the Order (biology ...

family, Terapontidae, and the only member of the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

''Lagusia''. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to rivers, both large and small, in

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province in the South Peninsula, Sulawesi, southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital and largest ci ...

, Indonesia.Vari, P.R.; and Hadiaty, K.R. (2012). ''The Endemic Sulawesi Fish Genus Lagusia (Teleostrei:: Terapontidae).'' The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60(1): 157–162

Appearance and behavior

Adults are silver-grey with horizontal dark stripes and yellowish fins. It can reach up to in

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, making them one of the smallest species of grunters. Females as small as have carried eggs, showing that they reach maturity at a smaller size than all other grunters. It is typically found in groups. Little is known about its feeding behavior, but one specimens had a stomach filled with insect larvae.

References

Terapontidae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish described in 1860 {{Centrarchiformes-stub