Small-Spotted Dart

Scientific Name: Trachinotus baillonii
Family: Jacks - Carangidae
Maximum Size: 54cm
Identification: Silver; blunt broadly rounded snout, fore lobes of rear dorsal and anal fins elongate, long widely forked tail lobes; 1-5 small black spots on middle of side.
Hide-out: Coastal waters; often in surge zones along sandy beaches.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Marshall Is. and Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific. S.W. Japan to Australia.