Pantolabus
| Fringefin trevally | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: |
Pantolabus Whitley, 1931 |
| Species: | P. radiatus |
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Pantolabus radiatus (W. J. Macleay, 1881) |
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| Approximate range of the fringefin trevally | |
| Synonyms | |
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Caranx radiatus Macleay, 1881 |
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Caranx radiatus Macleay, 1881
Absalom radiatus (Macleay, 1881)
Caranx compressus Macleay, 1883
Caranx parasitus Garman, 1903
The fringefin trevally, fringe-finned trevally, round-finned trevally, or reef herring, Pantolabus radiatus, is a species of inshore marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae. A relatively small fish, the fringefin trevally is known to reach 40 cm (16 in), but is mostly encountered at lengths less than 25 cm (9.8 in). The fringefin trevally has an ovate body, with distinctive orange-yellow fins and a black opercular spot. The dental patterns of the species distinguish it from the closely related scads of the genus Alepes. Males have characteristic elongated dorsal and anal fins which produce a series of trailing filaments. The fringefin trevally is restricted to the waters of the Indo-Pacific, ranging from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. An inshore species, it is found in coastal and estuarine environments and exhibits daily and seasonal movements. The fringefin trevally is predatory, taking crustaceans as prey. The species is often taken as bycatch in prawn trawls and occasionally taken by anglers.
The fringefin trevally is the only member of the monotypic genus Pantolabus, one of around 30 genera in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, a group of perciform fishes in the suborder Percoidei.
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