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cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
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Rachycentridae

cobia

Rachycentron canadum

Rachycentrid Fish of the South African Coast

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Globally widespread
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

cobia is a fish from Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, but absent. Records give a maximum length of 200 cm. Its body is an elongated body.

Maximum length
200 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, but absent in the eastern Pacific (Ref. 9739 , 33390 ) and the Pacific Plate, except marginally (Ref. 10948 ). Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ) to Bermuda and Massachusetts, USA to Argentina (Ref. 7251 ), including the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 9626 ) and entire Caribbean (Ref. 26938 ). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to South Africa. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 2871 , 5213 , 6644 , 30573 ) and Hokkaido, Japan to Australia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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