Alectis ciliaris

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• Description
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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].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

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]

Ecology: This species is pelagic in neritic and oceanic waters. Adults are usually solitary and frequent shallow coastal waters ; juveniles are pelagic and drift . Its diet consists of slow-swimming or sedentary crustaceans, and occasionally small crabs and fishes . This species is found at a maximum depth of  60 m. Adults are demersal , however juveniles up to 25 cm are pelagic.[7].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.1     Marine Neritic - Pelagic   
  
•     10     Marine Oceanic   
  
•     10.1     Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)   
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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

Synonyms

Alectes ciliaris • Alectes ciliaris (Bloch • Alectes ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) • Alectis breviventralis • Alectis breviventralis Wakiya • Alectis cilaris • Alectis cilaris (Bloch • Alectis cilaris (Bloch, 1787) • Alectis ciliaris • Alectis cilliaris • Alectis cilliaris Bloch • Alectis cilliaris Bloch, 1787 • Alectis crinitus • Alectis crinitus (Mitchill • Alectis indica • Alectis indica (Cuvier • Alectis temmincki • Alectis temmincki Wakiya • Blepharichthys crinitus • Blepharichthys crinitus (Mitchill • Blepharis ciliaris • Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch • Blepharis crinitus • Blepharis crinitus (Mitchill • Blepharis fasciatus • Blepharis fasciatus Rüppell • Blepharis indicus • Blepharis indicus Cuvier • Blepharis major Cuvier • Blepharis sutor Cuvier • Carangoides ajax Snyder • Gallus virescens Lacepède • Hynnis cubensis Poey • Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks • Scyris analis Poey • Zeus ciliaris • Zeus ciliaris Bloch • Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787 • Zeus crinitus Mitchill

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 16-Feb-1998

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alectis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. alexandrinus (Threadfin Horse Mackerel) · A. ciliaris (Indian Threadfin Trevally) · A. crinitus (African Pompano) · A. indicus (Indian Thread-Finned Trevally)

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Further Reading

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• A manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern United States, including the district north and east of the Ozark mountains, south of the Laurentian hills, north of the southern boundary of Virgini by David Starr Jordan. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1910. url p. 355.
• Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932]. url p. 99.
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Notes

Contributors

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• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Herdson, D., Robertson, R. & Smith-Vaniz, B. 2010. Alectis ciliaris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
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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
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• 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: 119472
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22977
• Fishbase Species ID: 988
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14255446
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168602
• IUCN ID: 189716
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101526

Footnotes

1. Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía 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, pámpanos, cojinúas, 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. Cervigón, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica 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]
7. Herdson, D., Robertson, R. & Smith-Vaniz, B. 2010. Alectis ciliaris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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