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Carangidae
round scad
Decapterus punctatus
Thirty Centimeters Carangid Fish from the South African Coast
- Black
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Mediumround scad is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Decapterus
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada (Ref. 7251 ) southward through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to South Africa, including the Madeira, Canary, Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena islands (Ref. 7097 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
