Author: (Cuvier, 1816)
FBname: Indian mackerel
Comments: Adults occur in coastal bays, harbors and deep lagoons, usually in some turbid plankton-rich waters.  Form schools.  Feed on phytoplankton (diatoms) and small zooplankton (cladocerans, ostracods, larval polychaetes, etc.) (Ref. 9684).  Small groups were seen eating eggs of <i>Cheilio inermis</i> straight after spawning (Ref. 48637).  Adult individuals feed on macroplankton such as larval shrimps and fish.  Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6769).  Generally marketed fresh, frozen, canned, dried-salted, and smoked; also made into fish sauce (Ref. 9684).