Name: Talang Queenfish
Local name: Lehlah, Bassarah
Scientific name: Scomberoides commersonnianus
Classification: Class: ray-finned fishes; Order: perch-likes; Family: jacks (Carangidae)
Synonym: Chorinemus commersonnianus
Size: It reaches a length of up to 120 cm and about 18 kg in weight.
Habitat:
Adults usually occur in small groups, inhabiting coastal waters, frequently near coral assemblages and offshore islands. They feed on fishes, cephalopods, small invertebrates, and other pelagic prey.
Distribution:
The species is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa to the western Pacific, north to Japan, and south to Australia.
Conservation Status: It has not yet been
Conservation status:
It has not yet been assessed globally by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In a recent regional assessment for the Arabian Gulf it was classified as Least Concern (LC). The species is mainly caught by gillnets, setnets, seines, and hook-and-line, and marketed fresh. It is common in markets.
Description:
The body is strongly compressed and elongated, with a dorsal profile that is more convex than the ventral profile. The mouth is very large. Posterior dorsal and anal-fin rays are semidetached finlets; anterior parts of the second dorsal and anal fins are elevated, and the caudal fin is strongly forked. Head and body coloration is bluish grey above the lateral line, with a series of five to eight large vertically oblong spots. The body below the lateral line is silvery to brassy yellow.
