WoRMS name details

Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830)

218382  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218382)

 unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Adults mainly taken on hook and line, especially on light tackle while juveniles often caught with beach seines. Often seen...  
Description Adults mainly taken on hook and line, especially on light tackle while juveniles often caught with beach seines. Often seen outside the reefs. Adults found over coral reef in coastal waters. Forms schools. Juveniles solitary, found in estuaries. Feeds on fish, squids, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218382 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z
changed

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basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Adults mainly taken on hook and line, especially on light tackle while juveniles often caught with beach seines. Often seen outside the reefs. Adults found over coral reef in coastal waters. Forms schools. Juveniles solitary, found in estuaries. Feeds on fish, squids, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). [details]

Remark Species Smith-Vaniz, pers. comm. [details]
LanguageName 
English Indian threadfish  [details]
Japanese ウマヅラアジ  [details]