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redtail scad (Decapterus tabl)
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Carangidae

redtail scad

Decapterus tabl

Carangid Fish Reaching Fifty Centimeters

  • Red
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

redtail scad is known around Pacific Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Maximum length
50 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Japan, Indonesia (Ref. 3197 ), Australia and the Hawaiian Islands Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ) to North Carolina, USA to Venezuela (Ref. 7251 ). Also found in Brazil (Ref. 47377 ) and in Argentina (Ref. 2806 ). Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena Island (Ref. 7097 ). Indian Ocean: off Kenya (Ref. 3287 ) to off East London, South Africa (Ref. 11228 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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