An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
Author
Yennawar, Prasanna
Author
Mohapatra, Anil
Author
Tudu, Prasad Chandra
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
2017-08-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
2581-8686
14.
Alectes cilliaris
(Bloch, 1788)
African pompano (Figure 15)
Material examined
: 1ex, Mohana, Digha; 13.10.11., Reg. No.
MARC
/ZSI/ F1949.
Description
: Body deep, becoming more elongate with growth, and very compressed. Profile of nape and head broadly rounded; anterior soft rays of dorsal and anal fins extremely long and filamentous in young; pectoral fins falcate, longer than head; pelvic fins elongate in young. Lateral line standard length anteriorly with a strong and moderately long arch, its posterior (straight) part with 12 to 30 scutes. Colour mostly silvery with a light metallic bluish tinge on upper third of body and head; juveniles with 5 chevron-shaped dark bars on body, and a black blotch at base of 3rd to 6th soft dorsal fin rays, filaments black distally.
Distribution
: Worldwide in tropical seas. Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific.
IUCN
Status
(2012): Least Concern (
LC
).
Remarks
: The fish has minor commercial value, ornamental & gamefish. There is also reports of ciguatera poisoning. Size:
130 cm
.