Description
A medium-sized species with a rounded projecting snout. Mouth inferior; a blunt barbel on chin; rostral pores 5, marginal pores 5, dividing the snout into deep lobes; mental pores 5; teeth differentiated into large and small in upper jaw only, the large ones close-set, not canine-like and forming the outer series: teeth in lower jaw uniform; sagitta (large earstone) with a tadpole shaped impression, of which the "head" is obliquely truncate and the "tail" is deepened as a hollow cone; caudal fin rhomboid, Scales on body cycloid (smooth); lateral line scales reaching to tip of caudal fin.
Size
Maximum length: 40.0 cm (TL), common length: 15-20 cm (SL)
Diet
Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes.
Utilization
Marketed fresh and dried salted
Gears
Trawl, gillnet