Amberstripe scad

Decapterus muroadsi

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth91–100 m
Water temperature13–29 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 10 records
March: 11 records
April: 13 records
May: 201 records
June: 3 records
July: 2 records
August: 7 records
September: 3 records
October: 6 records
November: 12 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 91–100 m · Deepest record: 412 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 189 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 18 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 15 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 210 records
26–28 °C: 11 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Amberstripe scad, Brown-striped mackerel scad, amberstripe scad, Amberstripe Scad, brownstriped mackerel scad, Mexican Scad, Southern Mackerel-scad, Temperate Scad

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: macarela de roca, Macarela Mexicana, macarela plátano
French: comète de roche, Comète mexicaine
Japanese: Muroaji, ムロアジ
Simplified Chinese: 穆氏圓鰺

Other scientific names: Caranx muroadsi, Caranx scombrinus, Decapterus hypodus, Decapterus leptosomus, Decapterus maru-adsi, Decapterus moruadsi, Decapterus muruadsi, Decapterus scombrinus

Similar species

Mackerel scad
Decapterus macarellus
Indian scad
Decapterus russelli
Shortfin scad
Decapterus macrosoma
Japanese scad
Decapterus maruadsi
Koheru
Decapterus koheru
Akaads' Scad
Decapterus akaadsi

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
435 open-data records from 1898 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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