Thread Sail Filefish

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Omnivore. Feeds mainly on amphipods (gammarids and caprellids) and Zostera marina (Ref. 52743).

Commercially cultured in Japan. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed (Ref. 12114, 12115).

fisheries: highly commercial; price category: low; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species