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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Carangidae
Genus Carangoides
Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830)

Provider:

Kwang-Tsao Shao

Synonyms：

Caranx armatus, Caranx ciliaris, Caranx ciliarius, Caranx pescadorensis, Caranx schlegeli, Citula armata, Citula pescadorensis,

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);

Lin & Shao(1999)

Character:

D. VIII, I+20; A. II, I+17; P. i+18-19; G.R. 11-13+22-24; CLS. 65-70; SLS. 10-16 scales, 19-23 scutes; Vertebrate 10+14. Breast naked ventrally to behind origin of pelvic fin and extends up to naked base of pectoral fin. The middle rays of dorsal and anal fins produced into filaments in adult males, absent in young and females.Bluish grey above, silvery below; blackish blotch on upper margin of opercle; spinous dorsal fin blackish; second dorsal and anal fins pale to dusky, leading edge of lobes dusky to blackish; caudal fin grey with leading and trailing edges black; pelvic fins generally black in specimens smaller than 10 cm fork length, but becoming paler with increasing size until at 20 cm pale or only slightly dusky.

Habitat:

Found in coastal waters near corals and rocks, also in shallow lagoons; small groups of adults often swim along the edges of reefs. Juveniles may enter estuaries. Sexual maturity is attained at 21 or 22 cm fork length.

Distribution:

Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific, but it is rare in Taiwan and only found in western to southwestern parts of Taiwan.

Utility:

Food fish; marketed fresh.

Name Code:

381512

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine