Scientific Name	Megalaspis cordyla   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Depth	20 - 100M
Chinese	大甲鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大甲鰺
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鐵甲、扁甲、大目巴攏、大甲鰺
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	America
Synonyms	Caranx rottleri, Citula plumbea, Magalaspis cordyla, Megalapsis cordyla, Megalaspis cordylaa, Scomber cordyla, Scomber rottleri
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kim, Y.U. etc. 1995 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0054441. ASIZP0054815. ASIZP0055739. ASIZP0058187. ASIZP0058192. ASIZP0060368. ASIZP0061825. ASIZP0062904. ASIZP0064719. ASIZP0064749. ASIZP0064755. ASIZP0071300. ASIZP0071334. ASIZP0071335. ASIZP0076051. ASIZP0079219. ASIZP0079220. ASIZP0079302. ASIZP0079348. ASIZP0079417. ASIZP0700015. ASIZP0800401. ASIZP0800402. ASIZP0800403. ASIZP0900209. ASIZP0910401. ASIZP0910402. ASIZP0910403. FRIP00676. FRIP00677. FRIP00696. FRIP20234. FRIP20278. FRIP21167. FRIP21729. NMMBP00081. NMMBP00083. ...List all 63 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2011-07-30,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Torpedo scad; Torpedo trevally; Cordyla scad; Finletted mackerel; Finny scad; Hardtail scad
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VIII, I+11-12+7-8 (finlets); A. II, I+9+7 (finlets); P. i+20-21; G.R. 9+20; CLS. 25-29; SLS. 48-52 all scales. Caudal peduncle strongly compressed with a marked medial keel. Adipose eyelid well developed, leaving a slit at middle of eye. Scales on straight lateral line totally developed into extremely deep scutes. Breast naked ventrally half way up to pectoral base. Pectoral girdle without grooves. Head and body bluish grey to green dorsally, sides and belly silvery; large black opercular spot; dorsal and anal fins pale to yellow, distally dusky; pectoral and pelvic fins pale, with upper half dusky; caudal fin dark, especially leading and trailing edges of fin.
habitats	A pelagic, schooling species, lives near the surface of coastal waters. Feeds primarily on other fishes.
Distribution	Broadly distributed in warm seas of Indo-Pacific. It is frequently found in all Taiwanese waters, especially in the west.
Utility	Generally marketed fresh.