Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Scomberoidinae
Etymology: Scomberoides: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 + Greek, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 13 m; tropical; 40°N - 40°S -.

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, north to China, south to Australia.

Max length: 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 48635).

Adults inhabit inshore waters at a temperature range of 26.0-29.0 °C (Ref. 4959). Adults feed mainly on fish. Usually seen swimming solitary in surface waters (Ref. 48635).

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)

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

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.9 - 29.3, mean 28.6 °C (based on 2989 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00427 - 0.01698), b=2.91 (2.74 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.8 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).

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

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 45.4 [25.2, 91.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.76 [0.41, 1.38] mg/100g; Protein = 20 [19, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.129 [0.083, 0.214] g/100g; Selenium = 25.6 [14.4, 48.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 90.5 [29.3, 255.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.78 [0.53, 1.11] mg/100g (wet weight);