Name : Lobotes surinamensis

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Perciformes

Family : Lobotidae

Description :

The species is dark brown or greenish yellow above, silvery grey below; pectorals pale yellow, other fins darker than body; caudal fin with yellow margin. Rounded caudal fin that appear as single 3-lobed fin

Size

Maximum length: 68.5 cm (TL), common length: 45-50 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeds on small fishes and benthic crustaceans

Utilization

Marketed fresh and chilled and young ones used as an aquarium fish

Gears

Gillnet, trawl, hook and line