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Carangidae
shrimp scad
Alepes djedaba
Reef schools chasing shrimp and water fleas
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
Mediumshrimp scad is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits coastal waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Alepes
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 12484 ) to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Japan, south to Australia. Immigrant to the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, wetward to Malta (Ref. 33971 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
