Scientific Name	Decapterus macarellus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1833)	Depth	40 - 200M
Chinese	頜圓鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	細鱗圓鰺
Max Length	46 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅赤尾、拉洋圓鰺、肉鰮(臺東)、四破(澎湖)、硬尾(澎湖)
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Martinique
Synonyms	Caranx jacobaeus, Caranx jacobeus, Caranx macarellus, Caranx muroadsi, Caranx pinnulatus, Caranx sanctae-helenae, Decapterus canonoides, Decapterus macarallus, Decapterus macrosoma, Decapterus pinnulatus, Decapterus rhonchus, Decapterus russelli
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1833 張崑雄, 巫文隆, 林忠 Kun-Hsiung Chang etc. 1972 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0054530. ASIZP0055740. ASIZP0056694. ASIZP0058431. ASIZP0060374. ASIZP0070127. ASIZP0070874. ASIZP0070978. ASIZP0071306. ASIZP0072971. ASIZP0072972. ASIZP0078799. ASIZP0078870. ASIZP0078876. ASIZP0078932. ASIZP0078939. ASIZP0078947. ASIZP0079416. ASIZP0080275. ASIZP0080276. ASIZP0700296. ASIZP0804324. ASIZP0804325. ASIZP0804326. ASIZP0807409. ASIZP0807410. ASIZP0914324. ASIZP0914325. ASIZP0914326. ASIZP0917409. ASIZP0917410. FRIP00334. FRIP01154. FRIP03093. FRIP21317. FRIP21547. FRIP21699. ...List all 41 records...
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Scad; Robin; Cigarfish; Mackerel; Kingston; Mackerel scad
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VIII, I+31-33+1 (finlet); A. II, I+26-28+1 (finlet); P. i+20-21; G.R. 10-12+37-38; CLS. 68-74; SLS. 28-31 scales, 24-29 scutes; vertebrate 10+14. Posterior end of maxilla straightly slanting and extends to below between nostril to eye. Jaws, vomer and palatines toothless; only tongue toothed in a narrow band on its posterior half. Opercular membrane finely and partly serrated in adults. Predorsal scales extend to front border of pupil. Pectoral fin short, its tip extends to behind terminal base of first dorsal fin. Bluish green above, silvery below; small black blotch on margin of opercle near upper edge; caudal fin yellow-green; dorsal-fin lobe sometimes dark distally, anal and pelvic fins pale to whitish.
habitats	A schooling species, occurring mostly in open water and common in insular habitats. Sometimes near the surface, but generally caught between 40 and 200 m depth. Feeds primarily on smaller planktonic invertebrates.
Distribution	A circumtropical species. It is very common in all Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh and salted or dried.