Pi151 Caranx leptolepis (Yellowstripe scad)

 

Pi151    Caranx leptolepis (Yellowstripe scad)

 

Phylum            : Chordata

Class                : Teleostei

Order               : Carangiformes

Family             : Carangidae

Genus              : Caranx

Species             : Caranx leptolepis

 

Accepted name: Selaroides leptolepis

Description:

        Body elongate, oblong and compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex. Eye diameter about equal to slightly smaller than snout length, with adipose eyelid moderately developed on posterior half of eye; upper jaw strongly protractile with posterior end of jaw concave above, concave and produced below; upper jaw without teeth; lower jaw with a series of minute teeth. Gillrakers (including rudiments) 10 to 14 upper, 27 to 32 lower and 40 to 46 total on first gill arch. Shoulder girdle (cleithrum) margin smooth, without papillae. Two separate dorsal fins, the first with 8 spines, the second with I + 24-26 soft rays. Anal fin with 2 detached spines followed by I + 21-23 soft rays; spinous dorsal fin moderately high, longest spine height about equal length of soft dorsal fin lobe. Lateral line anteriorly with a moderate regular arch, with junction of curved and straight parts below second dorsal fin between 10th to 12th soft rays; chord of curved part of lateral line longer than straight part of lateral line, contained 0.6 to 0.8 times in straight part; straight part of lateral line with 13 to 25 scales followed by 24 to 29 relatively small scutes. Breast completely scaled. Colour in life, metallic blue above, silvery white below, with a broad yellow stripe from upper margin of eye to caudal peduncle; prominent black opercular spot encroaching onto shoulder. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins pale to dusky yellow; pelvic fins white.

 

IUCN Status: Least concern