Atule mate

Osteichthyes Carangidae Genus Atule Atule mate
Yellowtail scad TUM
24.3 cm TL
Characteristic features:
Colour:

Bright olive green above; yellowish green laterally and whitish below. 9 or 10 faint grey bars wider than pale interspaces; a black blotch smaller than the eye is located on the upper operculum. Dorsal and caudal fins yellow.

Size:

Up to 30 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo–West Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Coastal waters including estuaries and mangroves, from the surface to 50 m.

Biology:

Feeds primarily on planktonic invertebrates and crustaceans. Occurs in schools. Size at maturity is estimated to be between 15.0 and 17.0 cm.1, 2 Age at maturity is estimated at 18 months.3 Maximum age recorded is 3.5 years.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught by bottom trawling, traps and hook-and-line.

Similar species:

Alepes spp.

Alepes kleinii
Alepes kleinii

Alepes spp. differ in having a fleshy adipose eyelid well developed posteriorly only, with most of the anterior part of eye exposed (vs. fleshy adipose eyelid completely covering eye except for a vertical slit centred on pupil).

to Alepes spp.
External links:

FishBase
The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM

References:
  1. Clarke TA. Reproductive Biology and Egg Abundance of the Yellowtail Scad or’Omaka, Atule mate (Carangidae), in Kane’ohe Bay, Hawai’i. 1996; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2608
  2. Joseph MM, Jayaprakash AA, Mohamad Kasim H. Carangids. In: Status Of Exploited Marine Fishery Resources Of India [Internet]. 2003. p. 66–75. Available from: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/20
  3. Watarai LT. Growth Rate of a Carangid Fish, the Omaka Caranx mate, in Hawaii. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society [Internet]. 1973;102(3):617–20.