Selar boops, FRLM 30649, 19.5 cm SL
Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
Oxeye scad
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D VIII - I, 23 - 25; A II - I, 19 - 21; GR 8 - 12 + 25 - 29. Body compressed and elongated. Adipose eyelid well developed and completely covering eye except for a vertical slit centered on pupil. Shoulder girdle (cleithrum) margin with upper (small) and lower (large) papillae. Dorsal and anal fins without detached finlets. Straight part of lateral line entirely covered by relatively large scutes (37 - 46), longer than curved part. Vertebral counts 10 + 14. Color: body blue-green dorsally, silvery white ventrally, with a narrow yellow longitudinal stripe from border of opercle to caudal peduncle. Size: maximum length about 25 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, from Pakistan to Solomon Is.; East Atlantic (Portugal). Remarks: feeds mainly on planktonic or benthic crustaceans.
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