Author: (Gupta, 1966)
FBname: Coromandel hairtail
Comments: Benthopelagic or pelagic in estuaries and coastal waters.  Feeds on a wide variety of small fishes and crustaceans chiefly on prawns, young clupeoids, <i>Harpodon nehereus</i> and <i>Trichiurus</i> spp. in Hooghly estuaries, India.  Caught mainly with bag nets in estuaries, with shore seines and boat seines in inshore waters, and with trawls in off-shore waters.  Marketed fresh as well as dried salted.