Biology and Fishery
The cleftbelly trevally is a predatory species, preying on small crustaceans including shrimps, copepods and decapods, as well as small fish. Reproduction in the species has not been extensively studied, although early growth has been described in a 1984 article. The study was located in India, and showed the fish grows 12.4 cm in its first year of life, growing slower in its second and third years, adding 7.35 cm and 3.5 cm to its total length, respectively, in these years. The species reaches sexual maturity at 21 cm, in the second or third year of its life.
The species is of minor importance to fisheries throughout its range, taken mainly by trawls, traps and by various hook-and-line methods.
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