Scientific Name	Alectis ciliaris   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1787)	Depth	15 - 50M
Chinese	絲鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	短吻絲鰺
Max Length	150 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花串、白鬚公、甘仔魚(臺東)、白鬚鯌(澎湖)、鱟包鬚(澎湖)
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	India
Synonyms	Alectes ciliaris, Alectis breviventralis, Alectis cilaris, Alectis cilliaris, Alectis crinitus, Alectis indica, Alectis temmincki, Blepharichthys crinitus, Blepharis ciliaris, Blepharis crinitus, Blepharis fasciatus, Blepharis indicus, Blepharis major ...all 22..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0054440. ASIZP0054567. ASIZP0054935. ASIZP0056689. ASIZP0058180. ASIZP0058701. ASIZP0060369. ASIZP0061707. ASIZP0062990. ASIZP0065051. ASIZP0066448. ASIZP0066528. ASIZP0066570. ASIZP0066584. ASIZP0070120. ASIZP0071198. ASIZP0074983. ASIZP0700010. ASIZP0801362. ASIZP0801363. ASIZP0801364. ASIZP0801365. ASIZP0804158. ASIZP0807683. ASIZP0900154. ASIZP0900155. ASIZP0911362. ASIZP0911363. ASIZP0911364. ASIZP0911365. ASIZP0914158. ASIZP0917683. FRIP20013. FRIP20357. FRIP21312. FRIP21590. NMMBP00603. ...List all 51 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pennantfish; Shoemaker; Pompano; Pennant trevally; Pennant fish; Trevally; Threadfin pompano; Thread pompano; Threadfin mirrorfish; Sunfish; Threadfin; Thread-fin jackfish; Threadfish; Thread-finned trevally; Crevalle; Cobblerfish; Cordonnier; Cuban jack;
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VII (embedded and not apparent with growth), I+18; A. II (embedded and not apparent with growth), I+15-16; P. i+17-18; G.R. 4-6+14-15; scutes feeble, 12-25; vertebrate 10+14. Profile of nape and head broadly rounded. Suborbital width equal to or narrower than eye diameter. Scales minute and embedded, apparently naked; scutes weak. Villiform teeth on bands in both jaws. Anterior rays of second dorsal and of anal fins produced into filaments in young, becoming shorter with growth. Lateral line strongly arched, becoming straight below 11-12th ray of second dorsal fin; arched portion longer than straight. No finlets.
habitats	Pelagic in neritic and oceanic waters, sometimes near the bottom Small juveniles may be found near the shore ; adults are usurally solitary and frequent shallow coastal waters to depths of 60 -100 m. Feeds on sedentary or slow moving crustaceans and occa
Distribution	Circumtropical in marine waters; widespread in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; widespread in coastal waters of Taiwan.
Utility	Excellent food fish; marketed fresh, salted or dries.Juveniles are attractive aquarium fish, but do not do well in captivity.