Diet Overlap

Saurida tumbil (Greater lizardfish)
Grammoplites suppositus (Regan's flathead)

Common Diet

Nemipterus mesoprion (Redfilament threadfin-bream)
Photopectoralis bindus (Silver bellies)

Common Habitat

Arabian Sea
Djibouti
Eritrea
Gulf of Oman
India
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Iran
Kuwait
Oman
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sri Lanka

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Predatory diversity of finfish species inhabiting the same ecological niche, DEEPA SUDHEESAN, A. K. JAISWAR, S. K. CHAKRABORTY AND D. G. PAZHAYAMADOM, Indian J. Fish., 56(3) : 169-175, 2009
♦ 2Trophodynamics of the Spotfin Flathead Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel 1840) from the Southeast Arabian Sea, K.P. ABDURAHIMAN, P.U. ZACHARIA, T. H. NAYAK and K.S. MOHAMED, Asian Fisheries Science 20(2007):125-143
♦ 3ON THE BIOLOGY OF SAURIDA TUMBIL (BLOCH, 1801) FAMILY SYNODONTIDAE IN PHILIPPINE WATERS, K. Tiews, A. Mines and I.A. Ronquillo, 1972 Proc. Indo-Pacific Fish. Coun., 13th Session : 100-120