Flavocaranx bajad, Orangespotted trevally : fisheries, gamefish

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Flavocaranx bajad (Fabricius, 1775)

Orangespotted trevally
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Gold-spotted trevally
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref: Hermes, R., 1993
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Kavieng and Rabaul (Ref. 6192); and from Kimbe bay (Ref. 28888).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kailola, P.J., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Carangue lentigine, Jurel lentejuela, Gold-spotted trevally, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Flavocaranx: Name from Latin 'favo' meaning 'yellow' and Caranx, which is the type genus of Carangidae; referring to yellowish body color.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 70 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 35°N - 8°S, 33°E - 150°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman to Indonesia, the Gulf of Thailand, the Philippines, and Okinawa, Japan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 24.7  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287); common length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are common along coastal reef slopes or around large coral heads in lagoons (Ref. 48635). A xanthic form often seen in muddy bays mixes in schools (Ref. 48635). Juveniles solitary in sheltered coastal basys (Ref. 48635).

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

Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1984. Carangidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 1. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3287)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.5 - 29.2, mean 28.5 °C (based on 944 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00778 - 0.01775), b=2.92 (2.80 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Tmax=8; K = 0.24-0.59).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 34.6 [22.4, 75.1] mg/100g; Iron = 1.32 [0.61, 2.63] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [17.7, 22.4] %; Omega3 = 0.175 [0.103, 0.307] g/100g; Selenium = 11.2 [5.4, 22.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 41.3 [7.7, 242.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.69 [0.38, 1.54] mg/100g (wet weight);