Taxonomy Name | Alepes melanoptera |
Class | Osteichthyes |
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Genus | Alepes |
Family | Carangidae |
DOF Valid Name | Pelata malam |
Common Name | Banded scad, Blackfin crevalle, Herring scad, Scad, Trevally scad |
Fish Base Name | Blackfin scad |
Local Name | Betong, Salidai, Selar, Selar malam, Selar papan, Songsang arus, Songsong laut |
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Original author | Alepes melanoptera |
Body Color | Body silvery blue or green dorsally, silvery white ventrally; a large black spot on upper margin of opercle; upper lobe of caudal fin dusky or blackish; longituinal dark bands on second dorsal and anal fins. |
Spesific Description | Body oblong, compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles almost equally convex. Snout pointed; adipose eyelid well developed on posterior half of eye; a single row of small slender curved teeth on both jaws. Straight part of lateral line entirely with scutes (39-51), longer than curved part. Source: Andaman Sea Fishes |
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