Kaiwarinus equula, Whitefin trevally : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish

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Kaiwarinus equula (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 60 - 226 m (Ref. 89467). Tropical

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Southeast Atlantic: southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 3197). Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, northern Red Sea (Refs. 13277, 58021), Gulf of Oman, to Arafura Sea, southern Japan, Hawaii (Ref. 9819), Australia, New Zealand. Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9137)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 21 - 24. Bluish grey to green above, silvery white below; soft dorsal and anal fins with submarginal brownish band, fin lobes white distally (Ref. 3197). LL with 22-23 scutes.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are found on the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 30573). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Utilized as a food fish (Ref. 3287). Cultured and released for fishery in Japan. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 9773.

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

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: 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; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.4 - 24.4, mean 20.6 °C (based on 136 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.01199 - 0.01518), b=2.96 (2.93 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 2.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 31.1 [20.1, 64.4] mg/100g; Iron = 1.21 [0.57, 2.37] mg/100g; Protein = 20.1 [17.5, 22.2] %; Omega3 = 0.194 [0.116, 0.344] g/100g; Selenium = 12.7 [6.2, 25.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 53.2 [9.8, 299.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.688 [0.382, 1.531] mg/100g (wet weight);