CARANGIDAE


Carangoides praeustus, FRLM 32157, 14.1 cm SL

Carangoides praeustus (Bennett, 1830)
Brownback trevally

D VIII - I, 21 - 24; A II - I, 18 - 20; GR 9 - 11 + 22 - 26 = 32 - 37. Body elongated, compressed, somewhat slender; dorsal and ventral profiles almost equally convex. Small conical teeth irregularly arranged in a row on both jaws; vomerine tooth patch arrowhead-shaped with a long posterior extension. Breast usually scaled completely; straight part of lateral line with 4 - 12 scales followed by 23 - 34 scutes. Color: body silvery blue-gray dorsally, silvery white ventrally; tip of anterior rays of second dorsal fin jet-black distally with white margin; caudal fin yellow. Size: maximum length about 22 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, from Persian Gulf to Philippines and Indonesia. Remarks: occurring in coastal waters.