Scientific Name
Oligoplites saliens
Common Name
Castin leatherjacket
Biology
Found over soft bottoms of the continental shelf, often inshore and in estuaries. Also pelagic and encountered throughout the water column (Ref. 9626). May feed on plankton by ram-filtering. Juveniles feed mainly on planktonic crustaceans and chaetognaths, to a minor extent on benthic crustaceans and polychaetes, besides scales taken from larger fishes (Ref. 30206, 40402). Generally spawns in summer. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 35237). Marketed mostly fresh.