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Carangidae
yellowtail scad
Atule mate
A fat eyelid leaves only one vertical pupil slit
yellowtail scad is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Atule
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the east coast of Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Samoa, north to Japan (Ref. 559 ), south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and northern Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

