Real photoREAL PHOTO

Smallmouth scad (Alepes apercna)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Smallmouth scad (Alepes apercna) specimen
← Back to catalog

Carangidae

Smallmouth scad

Alepes apercna

Blue green above and white below

  • Tropical
  • Local endemic species
  • Restricted distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Smallmouth scad is known from Western Central Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Genus
Alepes
Maximum length
29.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: endemic to northern Australia, from Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia to Wide Bay, Queensland.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

Generating…