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Name : Trachinotus baillonii

Common Name : Konkar
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Family : Carangidae
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Description

This species is characterised with elongated or ovate deeply compressed body, dorsal side of the body silvery blue to grey and ventral side silvery white. Dorsal and ventral profile are almost equally convex There are no grooves in the caudal peduncle


Size

Maximum length: 44.6 cm (TL), common length: 32-38 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on small fishes


Utilization

It is marketed in fresh/chilled/frozen forms


Gears

Purse seine, trawl, gillnet, hook and line