About this species
The Indian threadfish, also known as the Indian threadfin, diamond trevally, mirror fish or plumed trevally, is a large species of coastal marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread in the waters of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean, ranging from east Africa to India, Asia, Indonesia and Australia. Adult fish tend to inhabit coastal waters over reefs down to 100 m in depth, while juveniles inhabit a variety of environments including estuaries and seagrass beds. The Indian threadfish is similar to the other two species in the genus Alectis, with a slight concavity in the profile of the head the most obvious distinguishing feature. It is a large species, growing to 165 cm and 25 kg in weight. The species is carnivorous, consuming fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans. The Indian threadfish is of minor commercial importance, and has been the subject of aquaculture in Singapore.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Indian threadfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Alectes indicus, Alectis indica, Alectis indicus, Hynnis insanus, Hynnis momsa, Scyris indicus, Seriolichthys indicus
Similar species
Giant trevallyCaranx ignobilis
Bluefin trevallyCaranx melampygus
Bigeye trevallyCaranx sexfasciatus
Mackerel scadDecapterus macarellus
Indian scadDecapterus russelli
Rainbow runnerElagatis bipinnulata
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).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
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