Herring Scad, Alepes vari (Cuvier 1833)
Other Names: Deep-bodied Crevalle, Duskyfin Crevalle, Trevally Scad
Herring Scad, Alepes vari, in Southeast Asia, December 2012. Source: Keith Wilson / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A greyish-blue to bluish-green scad fading to a silvery-white below, with a large diffuse dusky blotch on the upper margin of the gill cover, and the spinous dorsal fin, soft dorsal and anal fin lobes, and pelvic fins are darker in males than females.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Alepes vari in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4255
Herring Scad, Alepes vari (Cuvier 1833)
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Distribution |
Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, to south of Cooktown, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the tropical Indo-west Pacific from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf to Korea and the Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Forms dense pelagic schools on clear coastal and offshore reefs, swimming well above the bottom, often near the surface. |
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Features |
Gill rakers 9-12 + 23-27 = 32-38. Supramaxilla relatively long, with an anterior spine-like projection; 48-69 scutes in the straight part of the lateral line; adipose eyelid well developed only on the posterior half of the eye. |
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Feeding |
Feeds mostly on crustaceans and small fishes. |
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Fisheries |
Taken in commercial hook and line fisheries. |
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Species Citation |
Caranx vari Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons 9: 48. Type locality: Pondicherry, India. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Herring Scad, Alepes vari (Cuvier 1833)
References
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Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M. (Sampled Red List Index Coordinating Team) 2010. Alepes vari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T155134A4725434. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155134A4725434.en. Downloaded on 18 January 2019.
Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1833. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 9 512 pp. pls 246-279.
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Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
