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Campogramma glaycos

(Big-Toothed Pompano, Bigtoothed Pompano, Lexa, Lexola, Vadigo, Zippered Pompano)

Overview

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Family : Jacks and pompanos ; Caught with bottom and pelagic trawls . Adults pelagic or epibenthic (Ref. 7097) mostly in shallow waters. Feeds mainly on schooling fishes (Ref. 4233).

Common Names

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Common Names in Arabic:

Aghaou, Aryan

Common Names in Arabic, Hass:

Aghaou

Common Names in Arabic, Hassaniya:

Aghaou

Common Names in Catalan:

Lletxa

Common Names in Croatian:

Strijela Å¡arulja

Common Names in English:

Big-Toothed Pompano, Bigtoothed Pompano, Lexa, Lexola, Vadigo, Zippered Pompano

Common Names in French:

Lezia, Liche, Liche Lirio, Liche Vadigo, Lirio

Common Names in German:

Gabelmakrele, Gestreifte Makrele, Lichia

Common Names in Greek:

Λέτσα, Λίτσα, Λέτσα, Λίτσα, Lista, Teniolitsa

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Ταινιολίτσα, Lista, Teniolitsa

Common Names in Italian:

Cerviola Imperiali, Leccia, Leccia Fasciata, Leccia Stella

Common Names in Maltese:

Cervjola, Karraba, Serra, Sirra, Stillera

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

大齒鰺, 大齒鰺, 大齿鲹

Common Names in Polish:

Lichia

Common Names in Portuguese:

Enxareu-Palheta, Lirio, Xareu-Palheta, Xareu-Palmeta

Common Names in Rumanian:

Lichie, Stavrid Verde

Common Names in Russian:

Garrik, Polossataya Likhia

Common Names in Serbian:

Bilizma

Common Names in Spanish:

Caballo, Lexa, Lexola, Lirio

Common Names in Turkish:

Istavritbozmasi Baligi, İstavritbozması Balığı

Common Names in Wolof:

Càcc, L´che Vadigo, L'che Vadigo, Tawet, Tevét, Thache, Thiathieu, Tiatiö Ou Tathieu

Description

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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

Species Campogramma glaycos

Males are commonly 58 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 60 cm (Fork Length).

Habitat

May be found at depths of 15 to 30 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -229 meters (0 to -751 feet).Mean = 52.100 meters (170.932 feet), Standard Deviation = 343.580 based on 20 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

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Ambiguous Synonyms

  1. Caesiomorus vadigo (non Lacepède, 1801)
  2. Campogramma vadigo (non Lacepède, 1801)
  3. Centronotus vadigo (non Lacepède, 1801)
  4. Lichia vadigo (non Lacepède, 1801)

Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Campogramma glaycos (Lacepède, 1801)
  2. Campogramma glaycos (Lacépède, 1801)
  3. Campogramma lirio Dollfus, 1955
  4. Centronotus glaycos Lacepède, 1801
  5. Oligoplites africana Delsman, 1941
  6. Solagmedens africana (Delsman, 1941)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Smith-Vaniz W.F., Data last modified by FishBase 04-Jun-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Campogramma

There are approximately 1 species in this genus:

C. glaycos (Big-Toothed Pompano)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 18, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-08-12