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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Megalaspis: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, aspis,-idos = shield (Ref. 45335). More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical; 47°N - 22°S, 40°E - 156°E (Ref. 54577)

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan and Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 22.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287); common length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 4883)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18-20; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17.

Adults are primarily oceanic, pelagic schooling species rarely seen on reefs (Ref. 48635, 90102). They feed mainly on fishes (Ref. 5213). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 123251)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 123416)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.5 - 28.6, mean 27.5 °C (based on 707 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01159 - 0.01432), b=2.93 (2.90 - 2.96), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.64 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.13(?)-0.35; Fec=146,400).

Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 20 stock assessments.

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 132 [25, 547] mg/100g ; Iron = 2.16 [0.59, 5.69] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.4 [17.7, 20.9] % ; Omega3 = 0.408 [0.146, 1.134] g/100g ; Selenium = 74.7 [20.9, 266.5] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 21 [4, 141] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.655 [0.174, 2.329] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)