Razorbelly Trevally, Alepes kleinii (Bloch 1793)
Other Names: Banded Scad, Herring Trevally, Sharp-bellied Scad
Razorbelly Trevally, Alepes kleinii. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A greyish-green to bluish-grey scad, becoming silvery below, with a large black spot on the upper part of the gill cover and adjacent shoulder region, a black tongue, and a dusky to bright yellow to green caudal fin with a black upper lobe. The adipose eyelid is well developed only on posterior half of the eye.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Alepes kleinii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4823
Razorbelly Trevally, Alepes kleinii (Bloch 1793)
More Info
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Distribution |
Off Broome, Western Australia, to Yeppoon, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific. Pelagic in inshore and coastal waters. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VIII + I, 21-26; Anal fin ll + I, 19-22; Gill rakers 11 + 27-30 = 38-41. Head length 22.8-26.4% SL; snout length 5.7-7.0% SL; eye diameter 7.2-8.7% SL; body depth 36.9-40.4% SL. Body deep, oval to elongate oval, strongly compressed; ventral profile strongly convex with ventral margin compressed to sharp edge between pelvic and anal fins. Snout pointed; maxilla extending to below middle of eye; adipose eyelid well developed on posterior half of eye. Jaw teeth fine, upper jaw with two rows of small teeth; teeth villiform teeth on vomer, palatines and on central band on tongue. Dorsal and anal fins low, not falcate; soft dorsal and anal fins with scaly basal sheaths; pectoral fins subfalcate, extending to junction of straight and curved lateral line segments. Straight part of lateral line completely covered by scutes, including on caudal peduncle; curved part of lateral line moderately arched, shorter than straight part. |
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Feeding |
Feeds mostly on planktonic crustaceans and larval fishes. |
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Fisheries |
Although not targeted, this species is taken in a range of small-scale fisheries throughout its range. |
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Species Citation |
Scomber kleinii Bloch 1793, Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische Vol. 7: 86, pl. 347(fig. 2). Type locality: Malabar coast, India. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Razorbelly Trevally, Alepes kleinii (Bloch 1793)
References
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