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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Re, Reënboog-pylvis
Common Names in Agutaynen:
Salmon
Common Names in Arabic:
Aifa, Garaeiba, Gazala, Mujlabah, Muslabah, Sagla
Common Names in Austronesian:
Buree', Fa-fa, Foafoa, Foofo, Niyawmanúr, Péyennáy, Ppwéy
Common Names in Austronesian (Other):
Buree', Fa-Fa, Foafoa, Foofo, Niyawmanúr, Péyennáy, Ppwéy
Common Names in Banton:
Balilito
Common Names in Bikol:
Bulangawan salmon, Lapis, Salmonon
Common Names in Carolinian:
Buree´, Buree', Fa-fa, Foafoa, Foofo, Niyawman, Niyawmanúr, Péyennáy, Ppw, Ppwéy
Common Names in Cebuano:
Langoso, Lanoso, Salmon, Solinao, Solinaw, Sulid sa lawod, Sulinao
Common Names in Cotabato Chavacano:
Salmon
Common Names in Creole, French:
Calat, Calaté, Carangue saumon, Cateau saumon, Galate, Prodigalson, Saumon
Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:
Alada, Salm, Salmão
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Calaté, Carangue saumon, Cateau saumon, Galate, Prodigalson
Common Names in Danish:
Regnbuehestemakrel, Regnbuel, Regnbueløber
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Salmon-salmon
Common Names in English:
Hawaiian salmon, Jack, Ocean salmon, Prodigal son, rainbow runner, Rainbow runner fish, Rainbow Yellowtail, Runner, Salmon, Salmon runner, Samon, Shoemaker, Skip jack, Spanish jack, Spanish mackerel, Spanish-jack, Striped fish, Tabio, Yellow tail
Common Names in Fijian:
Drodrolagi, Kanailagi
Common Names in French:
Carangue arc-en-ciel, Com, Comète saumon, Coureur Arc-En-Ciel, Dauphin, Dauphin vert, Galati, Saumon, Sorcier
Common Names in Gela:
Maroho
Common Names in German:
Regenbogenmakrele
Common Names in Gilbertese:
Te kama
Common Names in Greek:
Iridokokali, Ιριδοκοκάλι
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Iridokokali, Ιριδοκοκάλι
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Iridokokali, Ιριδοκοκάλι
Common Names in Hawaiian:
Kamanu
Common Names in Hiligaynon:
Bangkulisan, Bansikul, Languso, Salmon
Common Names in Ilokano:
Saleng-saleng, Salmon
Common Names in Italian:
Seriolina
Common Names in Japanese:
Songoro, Tsumu-buri, Tsumuburi
Common Names in Javanese:
Sulir
Common Names in Kagayanen:
Loy-ong
Common Names in Kiribati:
Te kama
Common Names in Komoro:
Bagara, Songoro
Common Names in Korean:
Ch'am-ch'i-bang-o, 참치방어
Common Names in Kuyunon:
Salmon
Common Names in Mahl:
Maniya
Common Names in Makassarese:
Sinrilli batang
Common Names in Malagasy:
Sarbassi
Common Names in Malay:
Pisang-pisang, Salaman, Sunglir, Tola Laut
Common Names in Malayalam:
Chameen, Poomeen, ചാമീന്, ചാമീന് , പൂമീന്
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Fang Chu, Fang chuí shi, 双带鲹, 紡綞鰤, 纺缍鰤, 雙帶鰺
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Ong-Ong, Salmon, Tengteng, Ulong-Ulong, Ungong
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug:
Ong-ong, Salmon, Tengteng, Ulong-ulong, Ungong
Common Names in Marshall:
Ikaidrik
Common Names in Marshallese:
Ikaidrik
Common Names in Misima-Paneati:
Suwa
Common Names in Niuean:
Samani
Common Names in Other:
Ingan, Magudlong, Tandu, Ulitan
Common Names in Palauan:
Desui
Common Names in Polish:
Elegata
Common Names in Portuguese:
Alada, Arabaiana, Arabaiana norte, Arabaiana-azul, Camisa de meia, Choupa, Enxova, Fogueteiro-arco-iris, Guaxum, Guaxumba, Peixe-rei, Salem, Salemão, Salm, Salmão, Xixarro-Salm, Xixarro-salmão
Common Names in Samoan:
Samani
Common Names in Somali:
Aari-joog
Common Names in Spanish:
Cola amarilla, Corredores, Llorotel, Macaela, Macarela, Macarela arco iris, Macarela Salm, macarela salmón, Macarela salmón, Peje rata, Pejerata, Pez rata, Picudo rayado, Remoremo, Salm, salmón cubano, Salmon, Salmón cubano, Salmonete, Sardinata, Tabio, Zapatero ligereto
Common Names in Surigaonon:
Salindata, Salindatu
Common Names in Swahili:
Kiharua, Kuninga, Muhaluwa
Common Names in Tagalog:
Bansikol, Bidbid sa laud, Lapi, Malaguno, Salinao, Salindato, Salmon, Tengteng, Ulong-ulong, Ungong
Common Names in Tagbanwa Calamian:
Salmon
Common Names in Tahitian:
Roe roe, Roeroe
Common Names in Tamil:
Kulkul, குல்குல்
Common Names in Tongan:
'Utu mea
Common Names in Tuamotuan:
Roeroe
Common Names in Tuvaluan:
Te kamai
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá Cam thoi
Common Names in Visayan:
Bansikol, Basikol, Bidbid sa laot, Bidbid sa laud, Salinao, Salindato
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Salmon-salmon, Salmonon
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Males are commonly 90 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 180 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Found in oceanic and coastal waters , generally near the surface over reefs or sometimes far from the coast[1][2][3]. May be found at depths of 0 to 150 meters. Usually found at depths of 2 to 10 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,351 meters (0 to -17,556 feet).[4]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on invertebrates (larger crustaceans of the zooplankton ) and small fishes [1][5].
Behavior
Sound types : grunts . Sound organ: pharyngeal teeth and swim bladder . Sonic mechanism: not specified but probably like other carangids (stridulation of teeth amplified by swim bladder).
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Carangidae
()
- Genus:
Elagatis
()
- Bennett, 1840
- Specific name:
bipinnulata
- Scientific name: - Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Specific name:
bipinnulata
- Genus:
Elagatis
(
- Family:
Carangidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Egalatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Elagatis bipinnulata • Elagatis bipinnulatus • Elagatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) • Elagatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Elegatis bipinnulata • Elegatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) • Elegatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard • Elegatis bipinnulatus • Elegatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) • Elegatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Elegatus bipinnulatus • Elegatus bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) • Elegatus bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Irex indicus Valenciennes • Micropteryx bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Seriola bipinnulata Quoy & Gaimard • Seriola bipinnulata Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 • Seriolichthys bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Quoy & Gaimard In: Voy.Uranie,Zool., 1825.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 17-Apr-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Elagatis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. bipinnulata (Rainbow Runner Fish) · E. bipinnulatus (Scissortail Sculpin)
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Further Reading
- An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 145, p. 34.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 124, p. 184, p. 233, p. 444, p. 468, p. 469, p. 470, p. 471, p. 534, p. 586, p. 638, p. 648.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 149, p. 185, p. 311, p. 391, p. 415, p. 417, p. 421, p. 422, p. 426, p. 427, p. 434, p. 442, p. 443, p. 838, p. 841, p. 844, p. 846.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url , p. 22, p. 23.
- Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 512, p. 517, p. 520.
- The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 300.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1987)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1990) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1991) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1992) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1993) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1995) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1996) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1998) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1999) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2000) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2002) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1987)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1991) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1992) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1995) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1996) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1997) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1998) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1999) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2001) (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SeamountsOnline (seamount biota)
- 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 (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126264
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-47571
- Fishbase Species ID: 412
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13383904
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168738
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109759
Footnotes
- 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]
- Yamada, U., S. Shirai, T. Irie, M. Tokimura, S. Deng, Y. Zheng, C. Li, Y.U. Kim and Y.S. Kim (1995). Names and Illustrations of Fishes from the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. [back]
- Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 302 p. [back]
- Mean = -798.570 meters (-2,619.980 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,198.110 based on 252 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Randall, J.E. (1996). Shore fishes of Hawai'i. Natural World Press, Vida, Oregon. 216 p. [back]
