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Carangidae
redtail scad
Decapterus tabl
Carangid Fish Reaching Fifty Centimeters
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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Decapterus
- 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

