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Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855

Redtail scad
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> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Decapterus: Greek, deka = ten + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 300 m (Ref. 3197), usually 150 - 300 m (Ref. 3197). Deep-water; 38°N - 26°S, 34°E - 148°E

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 17.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3197); common length : 30.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3287)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 28 - 29; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 22 - 25. Deep bodied compared to similar species (Ref. 48635). Body color bluish green above, silvery below; caudal fin bright red. Sometimes a yellow mid-lateral stripe (Ref. 48635). Opercle with a small black spot; margin of opercular membrane smooth. 31-38 scutes.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults are found in deep waters. They feed on small planktonic invertebrates (Ref. 5213). Occasionally seen in small groups along reef slopes at moderate depths. Mainly known from trawls and shows red tail after capture (Ref. 48635).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaboratori

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 July 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.5 - 22.4, mean 15 °C (based on 274 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5010   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00931 - 0.02143), b=2.98 (2.85 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.63).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 58.6 [15.2, 161.2] mg/100g; Iron = 1.09 [0.40, 2.96] mg/100g; Protein = 20.1 [18.6, 21.6] %; Omega3 = 0.31 [0.14, 0.71] g/100g; Selenium = 17.3 [5.0, 56.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.4 [3.5, 129.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.478 [0.264, 0.847] mg/100g (wet weight);