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Lesser Queenfish
Scomberoides lysan
The doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan) is a tropical game fish in family Trachinotidae. It is associated with reefs and ranges widely throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Other common names for this fish are giant dart, large-mouthed leatherskin, leatherskin, queenfish, skinny fish, skinnyfish, St. Peter's leatherskin, white fish or whitefish. イケカツオ(生鰹, Ikekatsuo)is in Japanese.
Doublespotted queenfish are known to reach up to 110 cm total length and mass up to 11.0 kg (24.3 lb). They are primarily silver in color, with dark coloration on the dorsal and caudal fins and a row of dark spots on either side of the lateral line. Scales needle-like and embedded in tough skin; breast scales sharply lanceolate and embedded on middle of body below lateral line but lack the scutes of some other jacks.
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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 127131.