Korkore

Name : Terapon jarbua

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Perciformes

Family : Terapontidae

Description :

A moderate-sized species; Body colour is fawn above, cream below, nape dark; Three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin.

Size

Maximum length: 28.1 cm (TL), common length: 12-18 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeding on fishes, insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebratesĀ 

Utilization

Marketed fresh and salt-dried

Gears

Gillnet, traps, handlines, trawl