Species FAO code: LSJ

Alepes djedaba

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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
Cyprus	el κοκκάλι	–
Denmark	da Gylden hestemakrel	–
Italy	it Carango indopacifico	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Alepes djedaba

Scientific name

Alepes djedaba

Author

(Forsskål, 1775)

Rank

Species

FAO code

LSJ

Morphological description

Description: Greyish green above, silvery to white below; distinct black blotch on upper margin of opercle, bordered above by a smaller white spot; caudal fin yellowish, upper lobe dusky to black distally (Ref. 3197). Body with dorsal and ventral profiles almost evenly convex. Adipose eyelid well-developed on posterior half of the eye. LL with 0-3 scales on straight part and 31-36 scales on curved part and 39-51 scutes. (Ref. 90102)

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyCarangidae
    - GenusAlepes
      - SpeciesAlepes djedaba

Synonyms

Caranx kalla Cuvier, 1833
Selar djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Atule djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Caranx microbrachium Fowler, 1934
Caranx djeddaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Atule kalla (Cuvier, 1833)
Caranx djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Caranx djedabba (Forsskål, 1775)
Scomber djedaba Forsskål, 1775
Alepes djedabba (Forsskål, 1775)
Alepes djeddaba (Forsskål, 1775)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)

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Alepes djedaba

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots and traps

Purse seines

Surrounding nets and lift nets

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

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