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Name : Netuma thalassina

Common Name : Sangot
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Siluriformes
Family : Ariidae
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Description

Males are dark-red-brown to bluish-grey on the top side, densely pigmented below, the whole body is with a bronze lustre; numerous narrow, parallel transverse iridescent cross bands of greenish colour may be occasionally seen in fresh specimens. Females are uniformly dark or grey.


Size

Maximum length: 185 cm (TL), common length: 45-75 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds mainly on crabs, prawns, mantis shrimp (Squilla species) but also on fishes and molluscs.


Utilization

Mostly marketed fresh, but also sun salted.


Gears

Trawl, gillnet, seine net, traps