Brackish, Marine
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Carangichthys melampygus (Cuvier, 1833) |
| synonym | Carangus melampygus (Cuvier, 1833) |
| synonym | Caranx medusicola Jordan & Starks, 1895 |
| synonym | Caranx melampyges Cuvier, 1833 |
| synonym | Caranx stellatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 |
| synonym | Caranx valenciennei Castelnau, 1873 |
| synonym | Carynx melampygus (Cuvier, 1833) |
🗒 Common Names
| Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian |
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 24; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Head and body color brassy; median fins electric blue; fins of juveniles and the young pale to dusky, except yellow pectorals. 27-42 strong scutes. Breast fully scaled. Pectoral fins falcate. 2 spines detached from anal fin.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
117 FL (unsexed)
Size
117 cm FL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 43.5 kg
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Trophic Strategy
Occurs inshore ; and coral reefs . A coastal and oceanic species, associated with reefs . Juveniles occur seasonally in shallow sandy inshore waters . Found in rivers . Feed mainly on other fishes , also crustaceans .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Caligus Infestation 9. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 190 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Remark
Occurs in Tamil Nadu and Kerala coast
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Ducie Island, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico to Panama . Hybrid with Caranx sexfasciatus found in Hawaii .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=1906, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
Natural History > Size
- IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Sudekum, A.E., J.D. Parrish, R.L. Radtke and S. Ralston 1991 Life history and ecology of large jacks in undisturbed, shallow, oceanic communities. Fish. Bull. 89:493-513.
Natural History > Diseases
- Ho, J.S. and C.L. Lin 2001 Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on carangid fishes of Taiwan. Fish. Soc. Taiwan 28(3):177-201.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. Liao, C.-I., H.-M. Su and E.Y. Chang 2001 Techniques in finfish larviculture in Taiwan. Aquaculture 200(2001):1-31. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA. Newman, L. 1995 Census of fish at the Vancouver aquarium, 1994. Unpublished manuscript.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Carangidae |
| Genus | Caranx |
| Species | Caranx melampygus Cuvier 1833 |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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