Author: (Asso, 1801)
FBname: Meagre
Comments: Adults are found inshore and shelf waters, close to bottom as well as in surface and mid-waters, pursuing shoals of clupeids and mugilids.  They congregate inshore to spawn during spring and summer.  Juveniles and sub-adults enter estuaries and coastal lagoons (Ref. 3593).  Both adults and juveniles are migratory moving along shore or offshore-onshore in response to temperature change (Ref. 11025).  Feed on fishes and swimming crustaceans.