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Caranx melampygus in Tahiti
Bluefin trevally

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Caranx melampygus   Cuvier, 1833
Family:	Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)			picture (Camel_u0.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Bluefin trevally
Max. size:	117 cm FL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 43.5 kg (Ref. 4699)
Environment:	reef-associated ; depth range 0 - 190 m
Climate:	tropical; 30°N - 35°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23; tm=2; Fec=49,700)
Distribution:	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Ducie Island, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico to Panama (Ref. 9283). Hybrid with Caranx sexfasciatus found in Hawaii (Ref. 58422).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21-24; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 17-21. Head and body color brassy; median fins electric blue; fins of juveniles and the young pale to dusky, except yellow pectorals. 27-42 strong scutes. Breast fully scaled. Pectoral fins falcate. 2 spines detached from anal fin.
Biology:	A coastal and oceanic species, associated with reefs (Ref. 9283, 58302). Juvenile occurs seasonally in shallow sandy inshore waters (Ref. 9710). Found in rivers (Ref. 12792). Pelagic (Ref. 58302). Occasionally in schools. Feeds mainly on other fishes (Ref. 9283), also crustaceans (Ref. 9710). Often toxic when it reaches a length of more than 50 cm (Ref. 4795). Mainly marketed fresh, but also dried or salted (Ref. 9283)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	reports of ciguatera poisoning , Halstead, B.W., P.S. Auerbach and D.R. Campbell. 1990
Coordinator:	Smith-Vaniz, William F.
Main Ref:	Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)
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Tahiti country information
Common names:	Paaihere, Pa'aihere		Ref:  Randall, J.E., 1973
Status:	native		Ref:  Marquet, G., 1993
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found in rivers (Ref. 12792). Also Ref. 13246.
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1984
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

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