Description

Also known as Blacktip Silverbelly, Blacktip Silverbiddy, Black-tipped Silverbiddy, Common Mojarra, Cotton Silverbiddy, Darnley Island Silverbelly, Longtail Silverbelly, Oceanic Silverbiddy, Oyena Mojarra, Pacific Silverbiddy, Pursemouth, Shining Silverbiddy, Silverbelly, Silverbiddy, Singapore Silverbiddy, Slender Silverbelly, Slender Silverbiddy, Slenderspine Pursemouth.

Found singly, or in small schools, over sandy bottoms of sheltered waters, in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
They feed on benthic crustaceans and invertebrates.
Length - 25cm
Depth - 0-20m
Widespread Indo Pacific

Deep bodied fish with huge expandable mouths usually found over sand swimming slowly in a stop start motion while searching for small invertebrates. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/5996