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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Atropus: The name of the Parcae, fates of Roman mythology (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: In Greek mythology, Atropos -known as the ‘inflexible’ or ‘inevitable’ -was the oldest of the Three Fates. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 3287) and Madagascar eastward to Taiwan and Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287); common length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 22; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 17 - 18.

Adults are found in shallow coastal waters near reefs (Ref. 30573, 90102). Juveniles feed on benthic crustaceans (Ref. 37816) while adults feed on crustaceans and fish (Ref. 5213, 37816).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Atropus mentalis (Cuvier, 1833)