Species FAO code: NXT

Caranx tille

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Portugal	pt Xaréu	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Caranx tille

Scientific name

Caranx tille

Author

Cuvier, 1833

Rank

Species

FAO code

NXT

Morphological description

Description: Dark olive green to bluish grey dorsally, shading to silvery white; blackish spot (about half of pupil diameter) on upper rear edge of opercle; olive grey to blackish second dorsal fin without white tip on anterior lobe (Ref. 2334, Ref. 90102). Body oblong and compressed, dorsal profile strongly convex anteriorly, ventral profile slightly convex (Ref. 90102). Breast completely scaled. LL 33-42 strong scutes (Ref. 2334, Ref. 90102). Pectoral fins falcate; 2 anal fin spines detached (Ref. 2334, Ref. 90102). Adipose eyelid well developed (Ref. 90102).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyCarangidae
    - GenusCaranx
      - SpeciesCaranx tille

Synonyms

Caranx cynodon Bleeker, 1851
Caranx tile Cuvier, 1833

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833

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Caranx tille

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Seines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Distribution maps