Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos), subfamily: Caranginae |
28 cm FL (male/unsexed) |
reef-associated; depth range 20 - 130 m |
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf eastward to Sri Lanka; then from India to the Philippines and Oahu, Hawaii, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559), south to northern Australia. Recently recorded from Reunion (Ref. 53568). |
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Adults occur in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). They form schools in depths from 50 to at least 130 m. They feed on epibenthic crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 37816). |
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
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