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Name : Sillago sihama

Common Name : Mudoshi
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Family : Sillaginidae
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Description

Body elongate. Snout pointed; upper head profile slightly convex; a small, sharp spine on opercle; Swimbladder with 2 postcoelomic extensions. The species with back light brown in colour, lower ventral flanks and belly whitish or silvery, without dark blotches. Both dorsal fins and caudal fin dusky, other fins pale.


Size

Maximum length: 25.0 cm (SL), common length: 15-20 cm (SL)


Diet

Feed on small invertebrates like polychaete worms, small shrimps and amphipods 


Utilization

Marketed fresh, frozen and salt-dried


Gears

Gillnet, hook and line