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Common names: Cá Sòng gió, Hardtail scad, Torpedo scad
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin, central and southern Vietnam (Ref. 12846); also from Quang Ninh-Cat Ba (Ref. 58534). Also Ref. 3287.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Duong, T.T., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Comète torpille, Macarela torpedo, Finny scad, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Megalaspis: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, aspis,-idos = shield (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical; 47°N - 22°S, 40°E - 156°E (Ref. 54577)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan and Australia.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 22.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3287); common length : 45.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450); peso máximo publicado: 4.0 kg (Ref. 4883); edad máxima reportada: 5 años (Ref. 104735)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 18-20; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 17.

Adults are primarily oceanic, pelagic schooling species rarely seen on reefs (Ref. 48635, 90102). They feed mainly on fishes (Ref. 5213). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Colaboradores

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial

FAO(pesquerías: producción, species profile; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.5 - 28.6, mean 27.5 (based on 707 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01159 - 0.01432), b=2.93 (2.90 - 2.96), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.57 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.13(?)-0.35; Fec=146,400).

Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 20 stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (86 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)