Alectis ciliaris

• Overview
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Jacks and pompanos ; Pelagic in neritic and oceanic waters, sometimes near the bottom [1]. Small juveniles may be found near the shore [1]; adults near bottom to depths of 60 m [2]. Feeds on sedentary or slow moving crustaceans and occasionally feeds on small crabs and fishes [3]. Juveniles are attractive aquarium fish, but do not do well in captivity[4]. Excellent food fish [5]; marketed fresh or dried or salted[3].

Common Names

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Description

Family Carangidae

Chiefly marine ; rarely brackish . Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body generally compressed , although body shape extremely variable from very deep to fusiform . Most species with only small cycloid scales . Scales along lateral line often modified into spiny scutes . Detached finlets , as many as nine, sometimes found behind dorsal and anal fins. Large juveniles and adults with 2 dorsal fins. Anterior dorsal fin with 3-9 spines; the second having 1 spine and usually 18-37 soft rays . Anal spines usually 3, the first 2 separate from the rest; soft rays usually 15-31. Widely forked caudal fin . Caudal peduncle slender. Pelvic fins lacking in Parona signata. Vertebrae 24-27 (modally 24). Fast swimming predators of the waters above the reef and in the open sea . Some root in sand for invertebrates and fishes . One of the most important families of tropical marine fishes; fished commercially and for recreation.The family Carangidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 33 genera and 140 species. It may be found in Marine and Brackish environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be active . Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : French, carangue = name of fish given in Caribe.1836

Physical Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 60 to 100 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,383 meters (0 to -17,661 feet).[6]

Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .

Biology

Sound types : barks & scratchy burst. Sound organ: pharyngeal teeth & swim bladder. Sonic mechanism: not specified, but probably pharyngeal teeth stridulation amplified by adjacent swim bladder.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Alectes ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
2. Alectis breviventralis Wakiya, 1924
3. Alectis cilaris (Bloch, 1787)
4. Alectis cilliaris Bloch, 1787
5. Alectis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)
6. Alectis indica (Cuvier, 1833)
7. Alectis temmincki Wakiya, 1924
8. Blepharichthys crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)
9. Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
10. Blepharis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)
11. Blepharis fasciatus R�ppell, 1830
12. Blepharis indicus Cuvier, 1833
13. Blepharis major Cuvier, 1833
14. Blepharis sutor Cuvier, 1833
15. Carangoides ajax Snyder, 1904
16. Gallus virescens Lacep�de, 1802
17. Hynnis cubensis Poey, 1860
18. Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, 1895
19. Scyris analis Poey, 1868
20. Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787
21. Zeus crinitus Mitchill, 1826

Notes

Publishing author : B .L.Burtt Publication : in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. xxii. 94 (1956) Basionym author: (L.) Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alectis

There are approximately 9 species in this genus:

A. alexandrinus (Threadfin Horse Mackerel) · A. breviventralis · A. ciliaris (Indian Threadfin Trevally) · A. ciliatus · A. crinitus · A. indica · A. indicus (Indian Thread-Finned Trevally) · A. major · A. temmincki

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Notes

Contributors

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, AIMS - Bioresources Library
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bishop Museum Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
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• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center, Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486571
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22977
• Fishbase Species ID: 988
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13689970
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168602
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101526

Footnotes

1. Cervig�n, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. M�rquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificaci�n de especies para los fines de la pesca. Gu�a de campo de las especies comerciales ma [back]
2. Smith, C.L. (1997). National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. [back]
3. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (1995). Carangidae. Jureles, p�mpanos, cojin�as, zapateros, cocineros, casabes, macarelas, chicharros, jorobados, medregales, pez pilota. p. 940-986. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) [back]
4. Van Der Elst, R. (1993). A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. (3rd Ed.) Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 398 p. [back]
5. Cervig�n, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundaci�n Cient�fica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. [back]
6. Mean = -408.010 meters (-1,338.615 feet), Standard Deviation = 877.080 based on 723 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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