Overview
Family : Jacks and pompanos ; Prefers clear oceanic waters around islands to neritic waters[1]. Occasionally in turbid waters (Ref. 9283). Mainly nocturnal . Feeds on small shrimps, benthic invertebrates , and forams when inshore , and zooplankton and fish larvae when offshore. Travels in compact groups of hundreds of thousands of fish. Marketed fresh and salted or dried[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Grootoog-skad
Common Names in Agutaynen:
Matangbaka
Common Names in Arabic:
Balegge, Derdaman, Haima, Sima
Common Names in Austronesian:
Atulai, Peti
Common Names in Austronesian (Other):
Atulai, Peti
Common Names in Banton:
Matang baka
Common Names in Bikol:
Atulay, Matang baka, Matang-baka, Matangbaka, Tingin
Common Names in Carolinian:
Atulai, Pati
Common Names in Cebuano:
Budlatan, Kutob, Matangbaka, Tamarong
Common Names in Chamorro:
Atulai, Hiting
Common Names in Chavacano:
Tulay
Common Names in Cotabato Chavacano:
Tulay
Common Names in Creole, English:
Torro
Common Names in Creole, French:
Coulisou, Koulirou, Mackerel, Makro gro lizye, Teka
Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:
Bonitom, Carapau, Chicharro, Mel, Melão, Olho largo, Olho-largo
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, English:
Torro
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Bonitom, Carapau, Chicharro, Coulisou, Koulirou, Mackerel, Makro gro lizye, Melão, Olho Largo, Olho-Largo, Teka, Torro
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese:
Bonitom, Carapau, Chicharro, Melão, Olho largo, Olho-largo
Common Names in Danish:
Stor, Storøjet selar
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Matambaka, Matang baka, Tulay
Common Names in Dutch:
Marsbanker
Common Names in English:
Big eye scad, Big-eye scad, Big-eyed scad, bigeye scad, Bigeye scad atulai, Chicharro, Cocinero, Goggle-eye, goggle-eyed scad, Goggler, horse mackerel, Horse-eye jack, Jack, Jackfish, Jay, Mackerel, Pati, Purse-eye scad, Purse-eyed scad, Scad, Silver scad, Steenbrass, Torro
Common Names in Ewe:
Akpala
Common Names in Farsi:
Gish-e-chashmdorosht
Common Names in Fijian:
Tugadra, Yatule, Yatulele
Common Names in Fon:
Kpintomessis ou chiyi
Common Names in Fon GBE:
Kpintomessis ou chiyi
Common Names in Fongbe:
Kpintomessis Ou Chiyi
Common Names in French:
Chinchard, Chinchard à gros yeux, Coul, Couléhou, Coulihou, Coulirou, Coulisou, Coulouhou, Gros Coulirou, Maquereau gros veux, Pêche-cavale, PÍche-cavale, Sélar coulisou, Sussand
Common Names in Fwâi:
Nya, Nyaô
Common Names in Fwâi:
Nyaô
Common Names in Gela:
Buma, Papa
Common Names in Gujarati:
Karaba bangada, કરબા બંગડા
Common Names in Hawaiian:
aji, Akule, Hahalalu, Halalu, Pa'a'a
Common Names in Hiligaynon:
Marot, Mat-an, Tamarong
Common Names in Ilokano:
Mataan, Matangbaka
Common Names in Japanese:
Me-aji
Common Names in Javanese:
Bentong
Common Names in Kagayanen:
Matangbaka
Common Names in Kapampangan:
Matang baka
Common Names in Komoro:
Fouadroudrou, Hanale
Common Names in Korean:
Sae-ga-ra-ji, 새가라지
Common Names in Kumak:
Juama
Common Names in Kuyunon:
Labiao, Matang baka, Matangbaka
Common Names in Magindanaon:
Matang baka
Common Names in Mahl:
Murimas
Common Names in Malagasy:
Mahalokybevara
Common Names in Malay:
Lolong, Mata besar, Pelata bulat, Selar, Selar bentong, Selar pucat, Temenong
Common Names in Malayalam:
Bangada, Chamban, ചംബന്, ചന്വന്, ചാന്പാന് , ബങട
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Dà mù, Ge kou, Zhi yan ao jian shen, 大目孔, 大目巴拢, 大目巴攏, 大目瓜仔, 脂眼凹肩鰺, 脂眼凹肩鲹
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Lumahan, Matangbaka, Tulay
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug:
Lumahan, Matangbaka, Tulay
Common Names in Marathi:
Karaba bangada, Karkata-bangada, करकाता बांगदा, काराबा बांगदा
Common Names in Marshall:
Ettou, Tou
Common Names in Marshallese:
Ettou, Pati, Tou
Common Names in Niuean:
Atule
Common Names in Other:
Ature
Common Names in Palauan:
Terekrik
Common Names in Pangasinan:
Kuriles, Mataan, Matangbaka
Common Names in Papiamento:
Gangu, Masbangu
Common Names in Persian:
Gish-e-chashmdorosht
Common Names in Polish:
Selar wielkooki
Common Names in Portuguese:
Bonitom, Carapau, Carapau preto, Carapau-preto, Charro preto, Charro-preto, Chicharro, Chicharro olho-grande, Chicharro-olho-grande, Chicharro-preto, Garajuba, Garapau, Guarajuba, Gurapau, Gurapu, Gwenzenze, Melão, Nyamuhe, Olh, Olhão, Olho-largo, Olhudo, Xixarro, Xixarro-olho-grande
Common Names in Rapa:
orare
Common Names in Rapa Nui:
Orare
Common Names in Rapanui:
orare
Common Names in Russian:
ставрида -селар, ставрида большеглазая
Common Names in Samoan:
Atule, Nato, Taupapa
Common Names in Spanish:
aji, Bonito ojón, Caballa ojona, Cataco, Cataco Oj, Cataco ojón, Charrito Oj, charrito ojón, charrito ojón, Chicharo, Chicharra, Chicharro, Chicharro Com, Chicharro común, Chicharro Oj, Chicharro ojın, Chicharro ojõn, Chicharro Ojot, Chicharro ojotón, Cobeo, Cocinero, Cojinoa, Cojinua, Jiguagua, Jurel de ojo grande, Jurel Oj, Jurel ojón, Jurelito ojo grande, Medregal, Oj, Ojo gordo, Ojón, Ojona, Ojoton, Olho largo, Pepona, Pepona ojona, Sabalo de ojo grande, Tamalito
Common Names in Surigaonon:
Adlo, Anduhaw, Tamarong
Common Names in Swahili:
Kibua-macho, Macho-gololi
Common Names in Tagalog:
Bigsawan, Bulao, Bunutan, Burao, Gutlob, Haguma-a, Lumahan, Mapuao, Mapuaw, Marot, Mat-an, Mataan, Matang baka, Tingin, Tulay
Common Names in Tagbanwa Calamian:
Samban, Utdan
Common Names in Tahitian:
'Aramea, 'Orare, aramea, Ature, Ofe, Ofee, Ohee, orare
Common Names in Tamil:
Chooparai, சூபாறை , சோப்பறை
Common Names in Tokelauan:
Atule
Common Names in Tongan:
Mataheheva, Silver scad
Common Names in Tuamotuan:
Komene
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá Bè tráo m?t to, Cá Bè tráo mắt to, Cá Tráo m?t to, Cá Tráo mắt to
Common Names in Visayan:
Bigsawan, Bulao, Bulaw, Guma-a, Gutlob, Haguma-a, Marot, Mat-an, Mataan
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Matambaka, Matang baka
Common Names in Wolof:
Jay, Nengb
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,852 meters (0 to -15,919 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Sound types : scrapes & knocks. Sound organ: swim bladder & teeth (mainly located on upper and lower jaw & tongue). Sonic mechanism: not specified but probably stridulation of teeth amplified by swim bladder.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
Prefers clear oceanic waters around islands
to
()
- Genus:
Selar
()
- Bleeker, 1851
- Specific name:
crumenophthalmus
- Scientific name: - Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
- Specific name:
crumenophthalmus
- Genus:
Selar
(
- Family:
Prefers clear oceanic waters around islands
to
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Caranx blochii Cuvier • Caranx crumenophtalmus (Bloch • Caranx crumenophthalmus (Bloch • Caranx daubentonii Lacepède • Caranx macrophthalmus Rüppell • Caranx mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard • Caranx plumieri (Bloch • Caranx torvus Jenyns • Scomber balantiophthalmus Bloch & Schneider • Scomber crumenophthalmus • Scomber crumenophthalmus Bloch • Scomber crumenophthalmus Bloch, 1793 • Scomber plumieri Bloch • Selar crumenophtalmus • Selar crumenophtalmus (Bloch • Selar crumenophtalmus (Bloch, 1793) • Selar crumenophthalmus • Selar crumenopthalmus • Selar crumenopthalmus (Bloch • Selar crumenopthalmus (Bloch, 1793) • Trachiurops crumenophthalmus (Bloch • Trachurops brachychirus Gill • Trachurops crumenophthalmus (Bloch • Trachurops crumenophthalmus crockeri Nichols • Trachurus crumenophthalmus (Bloch
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 21-Jun-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Selar
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. boops (Yellowband Scad) · S. crumenophthalmus (Bigeye Scad Atulai) · S. malam (Brown-Backed Trevally)
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Further Reading
- A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with keys for identification / Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1965 url , p. 67.
- A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 30.
- Allan Hancock Atlantic expedition / University of Southern California. Los Angeles, Calif.: The University, 1945-[1964] url p. 19.
- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 371, p. 374, p. 450, p. 472, p. 484, p. 539, p. 555.
- An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 146, p. 35.
- Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1918- url , p. 178, p. 98.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 44.
- Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 3.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 122, p. 234, p. 277, p. 286, p. 298, p. 304, p. 42, p. 635, p. 648, p. 676, p. 684, p. 707.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 11, p. 228, p. 296, p. 297, p. 392, p. 395, p. 432, p. 434, p. 528.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 17, p. 20, p. 23, p. 522.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 107, p. 112, p. 113, p. 115, p. 119, p. 127, p. 2, p. 28, p. 42, p. 46, p. 47, p. 61, p. 75, p. 81, p. 82, p. 88, p. 94, p. 99.
- Fishes of Guam, Hawaii, Samoa, and Tahiti. Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1925. url p. 32.
- Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean / Brian Kensley and Marilyn Schotte. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. url p. 173, p. 183, p. 306.
- Hawaiian fishes; a handbook of the fishes found among the islands of the central Pacific ocean, by Spencer Wilkie Tinker. .. illustrated by Gordon S. C. Chun and Y. Oda. Honolulu, Hawaii, Tongg publishing company, 1944. url p. 178, p. 401.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 21 2001 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 132, p. 132.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 15, p. 3.
- 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. 514.
- Oxygen depletion and associated benthic mortalities in New York Bight, 1976 / editors, R. Lawrence Swanson, Carl J. Sindermann. Rockville, Md.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 1979. url p. 300.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 147, p. 157, p. 203, p. 673.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 44.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 114, p. 209, p. 62, p. 691.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 45, p. 78.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 27.
- 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.
- The marine fishes of Panama. by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand; Wilfred H. Osgood, editor 15 1925 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925 url p. 335.
- Tulane studies in zoology. 11 1964 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 195.
- Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. New York. url p. 345.
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 November 15, 2007:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- 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, Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database
- 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: 138514
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22954
- Fishbase Species ID: 387
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13851606
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168677
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124671
Footnotes
- 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]
- 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]
- Mean = -630.570 meters (-2,068.799 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,096.510 based on 850 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
