 It has slender teeth adept for catching bony fishes and crustaceans, mostly on or near the bottom.Known prey of juveniles include "Macrobrachium" prawns, "Taenoides" or "Trypauchen" burrowing gobies, ariid catfish, the threadfin "Polydactylus macrochir", the gudgeon "Prionobutis microps", the benthic croaker "Nibea squamosa" and the bream "Nematalosa erebi".Very little is known about the feeding habits of adults, but many bony fish spines and a stingray spine were found embedded in the jaws of the only documented adult female.