Author: (Fabricius, 1775)
FBname: Silver sillago
Comments: Common along beaches, sandbars, mangrove creeks and estuaries.  Recorded from freshwater.  Form schools.  Adults bury themselves in the sand when disturbed (Ref. 6205, 44894).  Feed mainly on polychaete worms, small prawns (<i>Penaeus</i>), shrimps and amphipods (Ref. 6226, 6227, 44894).  Oviparous (Ref. 205).  Larvae and juveniles are pelagic feeding on planktonic (Ref. 43081).  Rarely captured by prawn trawling vessels.  Marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 9987).