Scientific Name	Carangoides dinema   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1851	Depth	2 - 80M
Chinese	背點若鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	背點若鰺
Max Length	85 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	甘仔魚、曳絲平鰺、白鯌仔(澎湖)、瓜仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East
Habitats	Coral、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Java
Synonyms	Carangichthys dinema, Carangoides denima, Caranx deani, Caranx dinema
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  Dr. P. Bleeker 1852 Williams, F. etc. 1978 Williams, F. etc. 1980 F. Williame , P.C.Heemstra ,and A . Shameem 1980 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0054749. ASIZP0056879. ASIZP0056925. ASIZP0060363. ASIZP0064992. ASIZP0066235. ASIZP0066724. ASIZP0700287. ASIZP0800329. ASIZP0801619. ASIZP0802519. ASIZP0900290. ASIZP0900488. ASIZP0911619. ASIZP0912519. FRIP00173. FRIP21240. NMMBP04098. NMMBP05047. NMMBP05048. NMMSTP01019. NMNSF01603. NTMP0414. NTUM06108. NTUM06251.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Shadow trevally; Shadow kingfish; Twothread trevally
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VIII, I+17-19; A. II, I+15-17; P. i+18-20; G.R. 7-8+18-19; CLS. 60-63; SLS. 27-33 all scutes; vertebrate 10+14. Breast naked ventrally to origin of pelvic fin; laterally, naked area of breast usually separated from naked base of pectoral fin by a moderate to narrow band of scales. Lateral line becoming straight below 11-12th ray of second dorsal fin; curved part longer than straight. Bluish green above, silvery white below; small brown blotches (becoming larger posteriorly) on back between bases of second dorsal-fin rays; opercular blotch brownish and diffuse; spinous dorsal fin pale to dusky; second dorsal-fin lobe dusky and ray tips yellowish; anal fin with distal margin whitish blue; caudal fin with upper lobe yellowish, and with trailing edges and tip of lower lobe pale; pectoral fins hyaline and pelvic fins whitish to dusky.
habitats	Inhabits coastal waters. Occurs singly or in large schools at a depth of 15 m or less along steep drop-off.
Distribution	Commonly distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-Pacific. It is common in all Taiwanese waters except northern Taiwans.
Utility	Food fish; marketed fresh.