Fringefin Trevally, Pantolabus radiatus (Macleay 1881)


Other Names: Fringe-finned Trevally, Reef Herring, Round-finned Trevally

A Fringefin Trevally, Pantolabus radiatus, from Mackay, Queensland, October 2011. Source: Bob Joynes / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A relatively small  olive-green to bluish-green trevally becoming silvery-white below, with a large black spot on the gill cover, orange-yellow dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, a black upper caudal-fin lobe, and white pelvic fins. Males have distinctive elongate filamentous dorsal fin-rays.


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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pantolabus radiatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4277

Fringefin Trevally, Pantolabus radiatus (Macleay 1881)

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Distribution

Recorded in Australia from Port Hedland (and possibly south to Exmouth Gulf), Western Australia, to Moreton Bay, Queensland; also Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Inhabits coastal waters, occasionally entering estuaries and river mouths.

Features

Dorsal-fin VIII-I, 23-26; Anal-fin II-I, 18-20; Gill rakers 11-13 + 25-28 = 36-41 total; Scutes 38-49.

Body oval, dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex. Lower jaw with single row of moderately enlarged, conical teeth; upper jaw with outer row of conical teeth bordered by inner bands of small, but not villiform, sharply pointed teeth. Adipose eyelid on posterior half of eye, well-developed. 

Lateral line moderately arched, with 33-41 scales in curved section, 0-9 scales and 38-49 scutes on straight section; second dorsal and anal fins with scaly basal sheath.

Feeding

Feeds mostly on epibenthic crustaceans.

Fisheries

Although not targeted commercially, the species is often taken as bycatch in prawn trawl fisheries, especially in turbid waters; also caught by recreational anglers.

Etymology

The specific name is from the Latin radiatus (= rayed) in reference to the elongated dorsal and anal filaments.

Species Citation

Caranx radiatus Macleay, 1881, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1 5(4): 537. Type locality: Rockingham Bay, Queensland.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2022

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Fringefin Trevally, Pantolabus radiatus (Macleay 1881)

References


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Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum, 201 pp., 70 pls (as Absalom radiatus)

Blaber, S.J.M., Brewer, D.T., Salini, J.P., Kerr, J.D. & Conacher, C. 1992. Species Composition and Biomasses of Fishes in Tropical Seagrasses at Groote Eylandt, Northern Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 35 (6): 605–620. 

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Blaber, S.J.M., Young, J.W. & Dunning, M.C. 1985. Community structure and zoogeographic affinities of the coastal fishes of the Dampier region of north-western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 247-266. (as Absalom radiatus)

Garman, S. 1903. Some fishes from Australasia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 39(8): 229-241 pls 1-5 (described as Caranx parasitus, type locality Cairns, Qld)

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Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. (as Pantolabus parasiticus)

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Gushiken, S. 1986. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Perciform Genera of the Family Carangidae. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 34(4): 443–461.

Larson, H.K. & Williams. R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.

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Macleay, W.J. 1883. Notes on a collection of fishes from the Burdekin and Mary Rivers, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 199-213. (described as Caranx compressus, type locality Lower Burdekin River, Qld)

Ramm, D.C., Pender, P.J., Willing, R.S. & Buckworth, R.C. 1990. Large-scale spatial patterns of abundance within the assemblage of fish caught by prawn trawlers in Northern Australian waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41(1): 79-95.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 pp. (as Absalom radiosus)

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Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 (as Absalom radiatus)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Absalom radiatus)

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Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37337047

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:0-30 m

Habitat:Coastal marine, estuarine

Max Size:40 cm TL

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