False trevally
False trevally Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 [2] |
Genus: | Lactarius Valenciennes, 1833[1] |
Species: | L. lactarius
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Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
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The false trevally, Lactarius lactarius, is a species of fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family.[3]
Distribution
The false trevally is native to the Indian Ocean and from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Queensland, Australia. It is a coastal species, occurring in marine and brackish waters at depths of from 15 to 100 m (49 to 328 ft). It is an important species to local commercial fisheries.[3]
Description
This fish is colored silvery-grey on the upper parts with blue iridescence dorsally and a dusky black spot on the upper gill cover. The underparts are colored silvery-white. The fins are pale yellow. This species can reach a length of 40 cm (16 in), though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in).[3]
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References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lactarius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lactarius lactarius" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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