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Name : Gerres limbatus

Common Name : shetki
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Family : Gerreidae
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Description

Second anal fin spine more robust than 3rd. Dorsal fin faint yellowish, with a dark patch on tip of spinous portion above a line running from middle of second dorsal spine to tip of 6th dorsal spine (rarely broader or otherwise indistinct with growth). Caudal fin pale yellow (often with a dusky trailing edge). Anal fin with anterior half yellow or dull orange, posterior whitish hyaline (Rarely dusky). Pectoral fins yellowish colour, grading to hyaline at the tip. Pelvic fins yellow or dull orange.


Size

Maximum length: 13.8 cm (TL), common length: 6-10 cm (TL).


Diet

Feeds on small animals living on mud-sand bottoms.


Utilization

Marketed fresh and salt dried


Gears

Trawl, gill net