 In northern Australia the most common prey items are ostracods, gastropods and euphausiids.The diet of individuals in India is more varied, with crustaceans, notably decapods and copepods making up the main part of the diet.Small fishes of the genus "Anchoviella", pteropods, algal material, diatoms, molluscan larvae and foramanifera make up a lesser part of the diet here also.