Description
A moderate-sized species; Body colour is fawn above, cream below, nape dark; Three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin.
Size
Maximum length: 28.1 cm (TL), common length: 12-18 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeding on fishes, insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebrates
Utilization
Marketed fresh and salt-dried
Gears
Gillnet, traps, handlines, trawl