Scomberoides lysan

Osteichthyes Carangidae Genus Scomberoides Scomberoides lysan

Doublespotted queenfish OBY

31.8 cm TL

Characteristic features:

Colour:

Grey-green dorsally grading into silvery white below; 2 series of 6–8 dark blotches on sides; rear half of dorsal-fin lobe becoming dark.

Size:

Up to 67 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo–West Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Adults are found in clear, inshore and coastal waters to 100 m depth. Juveniles are found in inshore brackish and more turbid waters.

Biology:

Adults feed on fishes and small crustaceans, juveniles feed on the scales and skin tissues of other fish using specialised teeth. Occurs singly or in small schools, found at the bottom during the day and rising to near the surface at night. The first spine on the second dorsal- and anal fins are venomous.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught by drift set nets, gill nets seines and hook-and-line.

Similar species:

Scomberoides commersonnianus
Talang queenfish

Scomberoides commersonnianus differs in having upper jaw extending well beyond posterior margin of eye (vs. upper jaw reaching level with or just beyond posterior margin of eye); a single series of 5–8 dark blotches on sides (vs. 2 series of 6–8 dark blotches on sides) and dorsal-fin lobe uniformly dusky (vs. abruptly black distally).

to Scomberoides commersonnianus

Scomberoides tala
Barred queenfish

Scomberoides tala differs in having a single series of vertically oblong dark blotches intersecting lateral line (vs. 2 series of 6–8 dark blotches on sides) and dorsal-fin lobe uniformly dusky (vs. abruptly blackish distally).

to Scomberoides tala

Scomberoides tol
Needleskin queenfish

Scomberoides tol differs in having an upper jaw not extending to posterior margin of eye (vs. upper jaw reaching level with or just beyond posterior margin of eye) and a single series of 5–8 dark blotches on sides (vs. 2 series of 6–8 dark blotches on sides).

to Scomberoides tol

External links:

FishBase
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species^TM