Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Common in reef flats, shallow lagoons and reef margins (Ref. 1602). Occurs singly or in small groups. Feeds on small fishes (including sharks, Ref. 5213) and cephalopods. Reported to cause poisoning (Ref. 4690). Generally marketed fresh (as fillet), may be dried, salted, smoked (Ref. 5284) or frozen (Ref. 9987). Fins are valued for shark-fin soup (Ref. 9987).
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019).
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
