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Silver sillago
Sillago sihama
Forsskål, 1775ركاد
- Maximum length
- 31 cm
- Depth range
- 0–60 m
- Maximum weight
- —
- Maximum age
- 7 years
- Common length
- 20 cm
- Recorded length
- 21.8 cm
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Synonyms
- Atherina sihama Forsskål, 1775
- Platycephalus sihamus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Sciaena malabarica Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Sillago acuta Cuvier, 1816
- Sillago erythraea Cuvier, 1829
- Sillago ihama (Forsskål, 1775)
- Sillago malabarica (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Sillago sehama (Forsskål, 1775)
Description
Common along beaches, sandbars, mangrove creeks and estuaries. Recorded from freshwater. Form schools. Adults bury themselves in the sand when disturbed. Feed mainly on polychaete worms, small prawns ( Penaeus ), shrimps and amphipods. Oviparous. Larvae and juveniles are pelagic feeding on planktonic. Rarely captured by prawn trawling vessels. Marketed fresh and frozen.
Source: FishBase (fb-21.06), Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Editors. Licensed CC BY-NC.