Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Occurs in areas where surface water temperatures are at least below 17°C in coastal bays, harbors, and deep lagoons, usually in some turbid plankton-rich waters. Form schools in coastal waters. Feeds on phytoplankton (diatoms) and small zooplankton (cladocerans, ostracods, larval polychaetes, etc.). Adult individuals feed on macroplankton such as larval shrimps and fish. Generally marketed fresh, frozen, canned, dried-salted, and smoked; also made into fish sauce (Ref. 9684).
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Collette, B. B. (1970). <i>Rastrelliger kanagurta</i>, another Red Sea immigrant into the Mediterranean Sea, with a key to the Mediterranean species of Scombridae. <em>Bulletin Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa.</em> 54: 3-6.
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
