Scientific Name
Alepes vari
Common Name
Herring scad
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 9;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 23-25;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 20 - 23. This species resembles A. para, but has a body profile which is equally convex above and below. Its lateral line becomes straight below the third ray of the soft dorsal fin. The opercular blotch is either absent or indistinct. This species attains 40 cm in SL.