Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Scombriformes
Characiformes
Galaxiiformes
Saccopharyngiformes
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Atheriniformes
Petromyzontiformes
Esociformes
Gymnotiformes
Carangaria/misc
Centrarchiformes
Callionymiformes
Perciformes/Bembropoidei
Salmoniformes
Perciformes/Notothenioidei
Siluriformes
Hexanchiformes
Elopiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Anguilliformes
Chimaeriformes
Gonorynchiformes
Argentiniformes
Ovalentaria/misc
Squaliformes
Carangiformes
Ophidiiformes
Amiiformes
Rhinopristiformes
Beryciformes

Alepes djedaba (Fabricius, 1775)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 25; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Carangiformes

Family: Carangidae

Genus: Alepes

Species: Alepes djedaba (Fabricius, 1775)

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 12484) to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Japan, south to Australia. Immigrant to the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, wetward to Malta (Ref. 33971).

Biology

Adults form large schools near inshore reefs (Ref. 30573). Feed on shrimps, copepods, decapod larvae and other crustacean larvae and small fish (Ref. 5213, 90102). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233). Often caught by ski-boat anglers in southern Africa (Ref. 12484).

Habitat

associated