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Carangidae
Razorbelly scad
Alepes kleinii
A black shoulder mark above a silver belly
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
MediumRazorbelly scad is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 18.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Alepes
- Maximum length
- 18.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Reported from Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ), coastal waters from Pakistan to Sri Lanka; east coast of India, Taiwan Island, Okinawa in Japan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Records from South Africa, as Caranx kalla , are based on misidentifications of Alepes djedaba .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
