Home›Where they come from›WalaweRiverWalaweOne profile names the Walawe. That is what has been written, not what lives there.Species1Families1Photographed1 of 1Difficulty rated1 of 1That fish is also recorded fromAdyarAriankuppamBatticaloa LagoonBedtiCauveryChilika LakeChunnambarDayaEtroplus suratensisGreen ChromideCichlidae · Bloch, 1790Max length350mm SL14in SLTanknot recordedTemp20–30°C68–86°FpH7.0–8.5This species is euryhaline and mostly inhabits brackish estuaries, coastal lagoons and the lower reaches of rivers. It also occurs in freshwater habitats, however, including a number of inland lakes in Sri Lanka although it appears to have been introduced intentionally.Moderate1 field missing