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Marine Species: Alectis ciliaris
(Bloch, 1787)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Alectis |
| Species: | Alectis ciliaris |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | African pompano |
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| Description: | This fish has a deeply forked tail fin and a narrow caudal peduncle with a row of external plaques. The dorsal fin is deeply toothed and both the spiny part and the soft part are separated. The body is silver with a metallic blue tint on the dorsum. It has a small and diffuse dark spot on the operculum. It feeds on sedentary or slow-moving crustaceans and occasionally, on small crabs and fish. |
| Habitat: | Associated with reefs, at depths between 60 and 100 meters. |
| Color: | Silver with a metallic blue tint on the dorsum. |
| Dimensions: | Up to 150 centimeters in total lenght. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Indian Ocean Eastern Pacific Western Atlantic Eastern Atlantic |
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