Barred Queenfish, Scomberoides tala (Cuvier 1832)
Other Names: Deep Leatherskin
Barred Queenfish, Scomberoides tala. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A relatively deep-bodied queenfish with a row of vertically elongate blotches or short bars crossing the lateral line in adults, a dusky dorsal-fin lobe, a yellowish pectoral fin, a white pelvic fin, and the upper jaw extending slightly beyond the rear margin of the eye.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Scomberoides tala in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4283
Barred Queenfish, Scomberoides tala (Cuvier 1832)
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Distribution |
Dampier, Western Australia, to the Fitzroy River, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
Features |
Dorsal fin VI-VII +I, 19-21; Anal fin II-I, 17-19; Gill rakers 1-3 + 7-11 = 11-15; Vertebrae 10+16=26. Body oblong, strongly compressed, covered with small lanceolate scales; hind tip of upper jaw extending slightly beyond a vertical through hind margin of eye; teeth in inner row of lower jaw distinctly larger than those in outer row. |
Fisheries |
Taken in subsistence fisheries in parts of its range. |
Species Citation |
Chorinemus tala Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Vol. 8: 377. Typelocality: Malabar, India. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
Resources |
Barred Queenfish, Scomberoides tala (Cuvier 1832)
References
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Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Staiger, J.C. 1973. Comparative revision of Scomberoides, Oligoplites, Parona, and Hypacanthus with comments on the phylogenetic position of Campogramma (Pisces : Carangidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(13): 185-256 figs 1-26 See ref at BHL
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. 2016. Scomberoides tala (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T20435070A115382032. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20435070A67871565.en. Downloaded on 18 July 2020.