Temperate Scad, Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel 1844)

Other Names: Amberstripe Scad, Mexican Scad, Southern Mackerel-scad

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Temperate Scad, Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel 1844)

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Distribution	Rockingham to north-west of Shark Bay (and perhaps further north), Western Australia, and Fish Rock to ENE of Bawley Point, New South Wales; also the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is widespread in warm temperate waters of the Indo-West Pacific: New Zealand, Japan, the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Rapa, Easter Island, Nazca Ridge and the eastern Pacific Ocean (Gulf of California to Peru). Although the Temperate Scad has been recorded from the mid-Atlantic Ocean (St Helena), this is thought to be a different species (Smith-Vaniz & Williams 2015). Forms pelagic schools in oceanic and inshore waters.
Features	Dorsal fin VIII+I, 28-32 (including detached rear finlet); Anal fin II+I,24-27 (including detached rear finlet); Gill rakers (including rudiments) 13-15 + 37-42. Body elongate, slender, cylindrical; eye covered with adipose eyelid except for central slit; rear margin of upper jaw straight above, not noticeably slanted anteroventrally, lower corner angular. Lateral line with long, low arch anteriorly; scales on top of head extend forward to level of anterior margin of pupil; branches of lateral line extending onto nape only. Pectoral fins short, tip of adpressed fins usually falling short of a vertical line from 2nd dorsal fin origin; tail base slender, caudal fin strongly forked
Colour	Bluish to olive green above, silvery yellow below; small black blotch on upper angle of operculum; membrane at front of top of roof of mouth white; yellowish stripe often present along sides extending onto upper lobe of caudal fin, fins otherwise pale.
Feeding	Feeds mostly on planktonic invertebrates.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Japanese muro-adsi, which is the its local name in Japan.
Species Citation	Caranx muroadsi Temminck & Schlegel 1844, Fauna Japonica 4(5–6): 108, pl. 58(1). Type locality: Japan.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Temperate Scad, Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel 1844)

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