Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 25. Head and body deep bluish-green to steep-blue with irregular faint dark grey spots dorsally, silvery white below. Pectorals grey, other fins translucent to grey. Juveniles with dark margin on anal fin. Length of upper lobe of caudal fin > 30% SL (Ref. 9701).

Common Names

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Giant kahawai , English , Australia

Giant kahawai , English , New Zealand

Northern kahawai , English , New Zealand

静澳鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China

靜澳鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Arripidae

Genus: Arripis

Species: Arripis xylabion Paulin, 1993

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Kermadec Islands.

Biology

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Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154).

Habitat

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neritic