Scientific Name	Carangoides ferdau   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	0 - 60M
Chinese	平線若鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	平線若鰺
Max Length	65 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	甘仔魚、印度平鰺、白鯌仔(澎湖)、瓜仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North East、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Ocean、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Carangoides ferdan, Carangoides hemigymnostethus, Carangoides laticaudis, Caranx ferdau, Caranx gilberti, Caranx hemigymnostethus, Caranx laticaudis, Ferdauia lindemanensis, Scomber ferdau
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  Forsskål, P. 1775 Williams, F. etc. 1978 Williams, F. etc. 1980 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0054641. ASIZP0056872. ASIZP0058189. BPBMI23187. FRIP20159. FRIP22314. NMMBP00163. NMMBP01241. NMMBP06550. NMMBP08588. NMNSF00248.
Common Name	Yellow spotted trevally; Barred trevally; Blue trevally; Blue kingfish; Bar jack; Ferdau's trevally; Ferdy; Forskal's jackfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VIII, I+31-34; A. II, I+22-26; P. i+20-21; G.R. 7-8+17-19; CLS. 82-90; SLS. 12-17 scales, 26-31 scutes; vertebrate 10+14. Snout bluntly rounded. Breast naked ventrally to origin of pelvic fins; laterally, naked area of breast separated from naked base of pectoral fin by a moderate band of scales. Adults typically with 5 or 6 dusky bands on sides; in life, head and body generally silvery, blue-green above paler below; numerous, inconspicuous golden spots often present on sides mainly above level of pectoral fins; leading edge and tips of dorsal- and anal-fin lobes dark blue to dusky, rest of fin pale yellow-green except distal margin of anal fin whitish. Caudal fin yellow-green with trailing edge and lobe tips dark; pelvic fins hyaline to whitish; caudal fin yellow-green with trailing edge and lobe tips dark; pelvic fins hyaline to whitish.
habitats	Found in coastal waters adjacent to sandy beaches; also found to depths of 60 m, often near reefs. Singly or in small groups. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, mollusks and small fish that are abundant in the lagoons
Distribution	Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally found in waters from the western to southern parts of Taiwan, rarely in northern Taiwan.
Utility	Excellent food fish; marketed fresh.