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Oxeye Scad
Selar boops
Selar boops, the oxeye scad, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the scads, jacks and trevallies. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. It is an important species for fisheries in some parts of its range.
From the article Selar boops on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults can grow up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) but usually grow up to 22 centimetres (8.7 in). They have 9 dorsal spines, 23 to 25 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines, and 19 to 21 anal soft rays. This fish is silvery blue with a horizontal yellow line going through the middle. It grows to a maximum total length of 26 centimetres (10 in). It has a large eye which takes up around a third of the head and its specific name, boops refers to this feature being a compound of bo meaning "ox" and ops meaning "eye".
Range & habitat
Its range in the Indian Ocean is from Sri Lanka and eastern India to the Andaman Sea, Southeast Asia, and north western Australia. Other populations occur in the Pacific Ocean around Southeast Asia, northern Australia, various Pacific islands, and Central America.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 424880.