CARANGIDAE Selaroides leptolepis, 10.7 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) Yellowstripes Scad D VIII + I, 24-26; A II + I, 20-23; GR 10-14 + 27-32 = 40-46; V 10+14. Body compressed, oblong and elongated. No teeth on upper jaw; adipose eyelid well developed on posterior half of eye. Shoulder girdle (cleithrum) margin smooth without papillae. Dorsal and anal fins without finlets. Straight part of lateral line with 13-25 cycloid scales followed by 24-29 relatively small scutes. Color: body metallic blue-green dorsally, silvery white ventrally, with a broad longitudinal yellow stripe from upper margin of eye to caudal peduncle; upper opercle with a prominent black spot; second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins yellowish. Size: maximum length about 22 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, from Persian Gulf to eastern Australia, north to southern Japan. Remarks: inhabits soft bottom area at depths shallower than 50 m. Feeds on planktonic invertebrates and small fishes.