Author: Gupta, 1966
FBname: Ganges hairtail
Comments: Benthopelagic to pelagic, in coastal waters and estuaries, comes often near the surface at night.  Feeds on a wide variety of small fish and crustaceans.  Caught mainly with shore seines, bag nets and coastal bottom trawls, mixed with other trichiurids in catches on the east coast of India.  Marketed fresh and dried salted.