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Etymology: Decapterus: Greek, deka = ten + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); smithvanizi: Named for Dr. William F. Smith-Vaniz, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida.
Eponymy: Dr William Farr ‘Bill’ Smith-Vaniz (d: 1941) is a Research Associate of the Florida Museum of Natural History, researching into the diversity and evolutionary relationships of fishes. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean and West Pacific: from the Andaman Sea, the South China Sea, and Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94089)
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 33; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 23 - 26. This species of the red-fin Decapterus group is distinguished by the following set of characters: tip of upper jaw not hooked; opercular membrane entriely without serration; posterior tip of pectoral fin usually extending beyond a vertical through origin of second
dorsal fin; gill rakers 25-31; curved part of lateral line with 54-62 cycloid scales, body depth
19.4-22.5 % SL pectoral-fin length 25.7-30.6 % SL (Ref. 94089).
Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kimura, S., K. Katahira and K. Kuriiwa, 2013. The red-fin group Decapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species, Decapterus smithvanizi. Ichthyol. Res. 60(4):363-379. (Ref. 94089)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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