Longfin trevally (Carangoides armatus)

Scientific name: Carangoides armatus R?ppell, 1830

Longfin trevally (Carangoides armatus)

The Longfin trevally (Carangoides armatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21-22; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 17. Deep body. Breast without scales. The snout is sub equal in length to the eye. The first dorsal and anal fins become prolonged with growth. Males have prolonged middle rays of the soft dorsal fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Carangoides armatus
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
57.0
Common length
30.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and along the African coast (to East London in South Africa, ) and the west coast of Madagascar to southern India and Sri Lanka. There are reliable reports from the Gulf of Thailand, Hong Kong, Okinawa and Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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