CARANGIDAE Caranx heberi, 29.7 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830) Blacktip Trevally D VIII + I, 19-21; A II + I, 15-17; GR 6-8 + 17-19 = 24-27; V 10+14. Body oblong, compressed; dorsal profile strongly convex, ventral profile slightly convex. Adipose eyelid moderately developed on posterior half of eye. Breast usually naked ventrally with a small patch of prepelvic scales, rarely scaled completely; straight part of lateral line almost entirely with scutes (30-40). Color: body yellow-greenish silvery-bronze dorsally, silvery white ventrally; no black opercular spot; all fins yellowish; upper lobe of caudal fin black distally in juveniles and young adults. Size: maximum length about 85 cm. Distribution: widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific, from eastern coast of Africa to New Guinea. Remarks: Inhabits clear coastal waters. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans. Marketed fresh and dried.