Scientific Name: Scomberoides lysan
Family: Jacks - Carangidae
Maximum Size: 70cm
Identification: Silver with double row of 6-8 dusky round blotches on side; black spot on tip of fore lobe of rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Often form small schools.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Hawaii. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Double-Spotted Queenfish
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.
Snubnose Pompano
Scientific Name: Trachinotus blochi
Family: Jacks - Carangidae
Maximum Size: 65cm
Identification: Silver, pectoral and anal fins frequently yellow or orange; blunt broadly rounded snout; fore lobes of rear dorsal and anal fins elongate, long widely forked tail lobes.
Favourite: Solitary or form schools.
Hide-out: Coral and rocky reefs in 10-50m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Samoa. S.W. Japan to Australia.
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