Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Alepes: Greek, alepis, -idos = without scales (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bloch.

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 100 m (Ref. 52753); tropical; 31°N - 26°S47°E - 154°E.

Indo-West Pacific: Reported from Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964), coastal waters from Pakistan to Sri Lanka; east coast of India, Taiwan Island, Okinawa in Japan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Records from South Africa, as Caranx kalla, are based on misidentifications of Alepes djedaba.

Maturity: L_m 12.9, range ? - ? cm
Max length: 18.2 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 122100); common length: 14.0 cm FL male/unsexed (Ref. 3287).

Adults are found inshore and in coastal waters throughout its range. Feed mainly on planktonic crustaceans and larval fishes. Marketed fresh and dried salted.

Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: March 10 2015

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.5 - 28.8, mean 27.9 °C (based on 606 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01158 - 0.01433), b=2.96 (2.93 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; Based on food items.

Generation time: 1.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (k >0.30).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium; Very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 113 [66, 232] mg/100g; Iron = 1.21 [0.71, 2.12] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.2, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.165 [0.104, 0.272] g/100g; Selenium = 29.1 [17.2, 54.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 113 [42, 295] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.39 [0.95, 1.94] mg/100g (wet weight);