Salmostoma belachi Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj 1999

Fresh specimens are bright, with metallic green color over dorsal profile while formalin preserved have a streak of gray along center of body and over the dorsal ridge and pale white below the dorsal line.

Analsoft rays: 13 - 14

Inhabits open water. Feeds on zooplankton. Breeds during the monsoon season (Ref. 44315). Marketed as sun dried fish (Ref. 44315).

Salmostoma belachi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Salmostoma.