It feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates such as polychaetes, crustaceans, cephalopods and molluscs) and small fishes. The rapid spread and increasing abundance of N randalli can result in a reduction of the diversity its prey, especially of benthic decapod crustaceans, with knock on effects on the native fish communities which prey on these species. The eggs and larvae are planktonic. Fisheries Nemipterus randalli is an important target species for local fisheries using small commercial trawlers in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean. In the Mediterranean, it is already caught in large numbers by trawling and trammel nets and long lines, although to a lesser extent than trawling, and has potential to be an important commercial species in the future. References randalli Fish described in 1986