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Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Scomberoidinae
Etymology: Scomberoides: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 + Greek, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Philibert Commerson (1727–1773) was known as ‘doctor, botanist and naturalist of the King’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Lacepède.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 35°N - 42°S, 25°E - 179°E
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 63.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287); common length : 90.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5288); max. published weight: 16.0 kg (Ref. 40637)
Adults inhabit coastal waters, frequently near reefs and offshore islands (Ref. 30573, 48635). Occasionally found in estuaries. Usually in small groups (Ref. 9710, 48635). Feed on fishes, cephalopods, small invertebrates and, other pelagic prey (Ref. 5213, 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.2 - 29.1, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1430 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00743 - 0.01693), b=2.92 (2.80 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=4-5 (F); K=0.14-0.16; Tmax=11; Fec >10,000).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.42, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (63 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 28.1 [14.9, 51.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.541 [0.300, 1.006] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [19.2, 21.5] %; Omega3 = 0.144 [0.094, 0.230] g/100g; Selenium = 38.3 [21.0, 66.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 45.3 [12.3, 149.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.87 [0.61, 1.20] mg/100g (wet weight);