Author: (Bleeker, 1858)
FBname: Speigler's mullet
Comments: A shallow-water, schooling species which enters estuaries and freshwaters.  Spawn at sea.  Juveniles may be found in rice fields and mangrove swamps (Ref. 9812).  Feed on small algae, diatoms, and other organic matter, both living and detrital, taken in with sand and mud.  Fries feed on copepods and floating algae.  Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205).  Marketed fresh, boiled (Thailand), canned or frozen (Australia); roe marketed salted (Ref. 9812).