Scientific Name
Selaroides leptolepis
Common Name
Yellowstripe scad
Biology
Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Forms large demersal schools over soft bottom habitats at depths shallower than 50 m. Sometimes ascends into freshwater reaches; encountered in the freshwater tidal zone in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693). Ostracods, gastropods and euphausiids are common prey but small fish are also taken.