Caranx (Caranx) melampygus
Cuvier and Valenciennes
1833 (Fish)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
Description
Size: 30 cm.
Color: Bluish-green or brown above, lighter below, vertical fins pale at base, their tips black, the anal specially so, paired fins light, the pectorals bright yellow in life. Some of the young show evidences of broad dark cross-bars.
Oblong, compressed, dorsal profile strongly convex, ventral nearly straight. Height 2.5-2.7, head 3.3 in length of body, slightly higher than long or equal to its height, the rostro-frontal line descending nearly straight to bluntly pointed snout. Eye 4 to 5.5 in head, about equal to or 1/3 shorter than interorbital space, much shorter than snout, the maxillary reaching to below anterior half of eye or anterior edge of pupil, praeorbital bone posteriorly in young about twice shorter than diameter of eye, in old about equal to it. Teeth in upper jaw in a villiform band with an outer row of conical enlarged ones, a single series in lower jaw, vomer, palatines and tongue toothed. Breast entirely scaly. Lateral line moderately arched, becoming straight below anterior fifth of soft dorsal or its third rays, curved part somewhat shorter than straight part, which has 36-38 scutes, the most anterior much smaller, the posterior 8 to 9 in height of body. Spinous dorsal much lower than soft dorsal and anal, which are emarginate, the anterior produced lobe acute and about twice lower than body. Pectorals falcate, longer than head, nearly reaching to middle of anal, caudal with acute lobes.
Remarks: Values in above description denote proportions.
Size: 30 cm.
Color: Bluish-green or brown above, lighter below, vertical fins pale at base, their tips black, the anal specially so, paired fins light, the pectorals bright yellow in life. Some of the young show evidences of broad dark cross-bars.
Oblong, compressed, dorsal profile strongly convex, ventral nearly straight. Height 2.5-2.7, head 3.3 in length of body, slightly higher than long or equal to its height, the rostro-frontal line descending nearly straight to bluntly pointed snout. Eye 4 to 5.5 in head, about equal to or 1/3 shorter than interorbital space, much shorter than snout, the maxillary reaching to below anterior half of eye or anterior edge of pupil, praeorbital bone posteriorly in young about twice shorter than diameter of eye, in old about equal to it. Teeth in upper jaw in a villiform band with an outer row of conical enlarged ones, a single series in lower jaw, vomer, palatines and tongue toothed. Breast entirely scaly. Lateral line moderately arched, becoming straight below anterior fifth of soft dorsal or its third rays, curved part somewhat shorter than straight part, which has 36-38 scutes, the most anterior much smaller, the posterior 8 to 9 in height of body. Spinous dorsal much lower than soft dorsal and anal, which are emarginate, the anterior produced lobe acute and about twice lower than body. Pectorals falcate, longer than head, nearly reaching to middle of anal, caudal with acute lobes.
Remarks: Values in above description denote proportions.
Synonym (s)
• Caranx melamphygus Barnard 1927
• Caranx melampygus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
• Caranx bixanthopterus Ruppell 1835
• Caranx melampygus Bleeker 1854
• Caranx melampygus Gunther 1860
• Carangus melampygus Bleeker 1865
• Caranx melampygus Playfair and Gunther 1866
• Caranx bixanthopterus Klunzinger 1871
• Caranx melampygus Gunther 1876
• Caranx melampygus Day 1888
• Caranx moresbyensis Macleay 1882
• Caranx (Caranx) melampygus Klunzinger 1884
• Caranx latus Jenkins 1904
• Caranx latus Snyder
• Carangus forsteri Jordan and Evermann 1905
• Caranx forsteri Jordan and Seale 1906
• Caranx melamphygus Seale 1906
• Caranx melampygus M. Weber 1908
• Caranx melampygus Kendall and Goldsborough 1911
• Caranx melampygus M. Weber 1913
• Caranx melamphygus McCulloch 1924
• Caranx bixanthopterus Wakiya 1924
• Caranx melamphygus Wakiya
• Caranx melampygus E. K. Jordan 1925
• Caranx ascensionis Fowler 1928
• Xurel melampygus Jordan, Evermann and Clark 1930
• Caranx melamphygus Barnard 1927
• Caranx melampygus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
• Caranx bixanthopterus Ruppell 1835
• Caranx melampygus Bleeker 1854
• Caranx melampygus Gunther 1860
• Carangus melampygus Bleeker 1865
• Caranx melampygus Playfair and Gunther 1866
• Caranx bixanthopterus Klunzinger 1871
• Caranx melampygus Gunther 1876
• Caranx melampygus Day 1888
• Caranx moresbyensis Macleay 1882
• Caranx (Caranx) melampygus Klunzinger 1884
• Caranx latus Jenkins 1904
• Caranx latus Snyder
• Carangus forsteri Jordan and Evermann 1905
• Caranx forsteri Jordan and Seale 1906
• Caranx melamphygus Seale 1906
• Caranx melampygus M. Weber 1908
• Caranx melampygus Kendall and Goldsborough 1911
• Caranx melampygus M. Weber 1913
• Caranx melamphygus McCulloch 1924
• Caranx bixanthopterus Wakiya 1924
• Caranx melamphygus Wakiya
• Caranx melampygus E. K. Jordan 1925
• Caranx ascensionis Fowler 1928
• Xurel melampygus Jordan, Evermann and Clark 1930
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA (Record: 1931)
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA (Record: 1931)
Literature Source(s)
- Weber, M; Beaufort, LF (1931) The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago Print times, Pataudi house, Daryaganj, New Delhi 6 448 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Starfish Available at - http://www.starfish.ch/
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