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Carangoides ferdau

Forssk?l, 1775

Blue trevally

Classification
Identification
Biology
Distribution
Links
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Classification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Latin name : Carangoides ferdau (Forssk?l, 1775)
Synonyms : Carangoides hemigymnostethus (Bleeker 1851)
Carangoides laticaudis (Alleyne & Macleay 1877)
Caranx ferdau (Forsskål 1775)
Caranx gilberti (Jordan & Seale 1906)
Caranx hemigymnostethus (Bleeker 1851)
Ferdauia lindemanensis (Whitley 1951)
Scomber ferdau (Forsskål 1775)
Classification : Carangidae ( Trevallyfishs )
 
Name : Carangue ? barres
Carangue tachetée
Jurel manchado
Carangue rayée
Name : Blue trevally
Bar Jack
Ferdau's trevally
Ferdy
Identification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Main identification characters
Blue green above, paler below; 5-6 dusky bands on sides; sometimes with inconspicuous golden spots. Max. Size : 70,0 cm.
Schools in open waters and lagoons and outer reef slopes.
Possible confusions
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Biology   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Feed
Feeds mainly on crustaceans, mollusks and small fish that are abundant in the lagoons.
Cycle of life / Reproduction
Data exist in different language. Feel free to update this datasheet and translate the data :
Les juvéniles nagent très souvent près des méduses, profitant de la protection offerte par leur tentacules urticantes.
Interaction with other species
Existing reports of ciguatera poisoning.
Distribution   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Habitat

Pelagic
Found in coastal waters adjacent to sandy beaches; also found to depths of 60 m, often near reefs.
Geographical distribution
Indo-West Pacific: widely distributed from the Red Sea and East Africa (to Port Elizabeth in South Africa) to the Hawaiian Islands and French Polynésia.
Links   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Websites :
http://ibs.uel.ac.uk/fish-bin/fishgen.pl?speccode=1921
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Carangoid [...]
http://www.nps.gov/npsa/NPSAfish/carcaeru.htm

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Bibliography   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Guide des récifs coralliens
A & A Ferrari
Delachaux & Niestlé, 1999-2000
Guide sous-marin de Tahiti
R. Bagnis & E. Christian
Les Editions du Pacifique, 1976-2000
Data sheet written by Christophe Naslain , 27/11/2002

Updates :
Christophe Naslain - 27/11/2002


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