TURRUM COERULEOPINNATUM - (RUPPELL, 1830)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Carangiformes (Order) > Carangoidei (Suborder) > Carangidae (Family) > Caranginae (Subfamily) > Turrum (Genus)
Carangue côtière, Carangue oignon, Blue-spined trevally, Bluefin kingfish, Coastal kingfish, Coastal trevally, Diverse trevally, Japanese trevally, Malabar trevally, Onion trevally, Shortfin trevally, Gish-e-darakhshan, Xaréu costeiro, Jurel costero, Kus-koningvis, Ch'ǒng-ga-ra-ji, 유전갱이, Kii-hira-aji, Maru-hira-aji, マルヒラアジ, キイヒラアジ, 广裸若鲹, 青羽若鲹, Cá Khế,
Synonymes
Carangoides altissimus (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Carangoides caeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Carangoides ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Carangoides uii (Wakiya, 1924)
Caranx altissimus (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Caranx coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Caranx formosanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1908)
Caranx uii (Wakiya, 1924)
Citula coeruleopinnata (Rüppell, 1830)
Citula diversa (Whitley, 1940)
Turrum coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18-19; Pectoral fin rays: 18-20; Gill rakers: 5-8 + 15-19 = 23-27, proximal rakers on lower arch reduced to tubercles (particularly in large adults); Lower gill rakers barely visible in open mouth; Vertebrae: 10 + 14; Curved lateral line scales: 80-99; Straight lateral line scales: 9-19 with 20-38 scutes, scales in curved lateralline: 77-97; Body oval, strongly compressed; Head profile relatively steep. Pectoral fins strongly falcate, extending to junction of straight and curved lateral line segments. No scales on the breast to beyond the origin of the pelvic fins. Juveniles have a filamentous lobe on the second dorsal fin usually shorter than Head Long in adults. Maxilla extends to below front third of eye. Villi form teeth on both jaws, vomer, palatines and on central band on tongue. Max. length: 50.0 cm TL, common length: 35.0 cm TL. Max. published weight: 3.7 kg. Depth range: 1 - 60 m.
Color
Juveniles with 5-7 vertical dark bands through body.
Adults body silver blue green above, silver white below; Black spot on upper operculum. In specimens over 200 mm, head and upper body often with black pigment blotches. Soft dorsal, soft anal and caudal fins dusky, anal with faint white spots on base of membrane between rays.
Etymology
Turrum: word of uncertain origin but is probably Australian aboriginal and refers to any of several species of trevally. A genus of trevallies of large size and with the general facies of Caranx.
coeruleopinnatum: from Latin, coerulus = azure-blue + from Latin, pinnatus = feathered, winged. Described as having bluish (“coerulescens”) dorsal, anal and caudal fins, i.e., silvery blue, same as body color, in living specimens.
Original description: Caranx coeruleopinnatus Rüppell, 1830 - Type locality: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.
Distribution
Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion), east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Nagasaki Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Adults are found in deep coastal reefs and rarely inshore. They are usually in small groups over sand bottoms near reefs.
Similar species
Platycaranx chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here).
Platycaranx malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Reported from New Caledonia. It differs by having a small area naked of scales anteriorly just above pectoral fin base and more gill rakers on lower limb of 1st arch, with 24-27.
Platycaranx talamparoides (Bleeker, 1852) - Reported from Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, east to Guam (Mariana Islands, U.S.A.) and New Guinea, north to southern Japan.
Last update: 6, October 2024
Carangue côtière, Carangue oignon, Blue-spined trevally, Bluefin kingfish, Coastal kingfish, Coastal trevally, Diverse trevally, Japanese trevally, Malabar trevally, Onion trevally, Shortfin trevally, Gish-e-darakhshan, Xaréu costeiro, Jurel costero, Kus-koningvis, Ch'ǒng-ga-ra-ji, 유전갱이, Kii-hira-aji, Maru-hira-aji, マルヒラアジ, キイヒラアジ, 广裸若鲹, 青羽若鲹, Cá Khế,
Synonymes
Carangoides altissimus (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Carangoides caeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Carangoides ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Carangoides uii (Wakiya, 1924)
Caranx altissimus (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Caranx coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Caranx formosanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1908)
Caranx uii (Wakiya, 1924)
Citula coeruleopinnata (Rüppell, 1830)
Citula diversa (Whitley, 1940)
Turrum coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18-19; Pectoral fin rays: 18-20; Gill rakers: 5-8 + 15-19 = 23-27, proximal rakers on lower arch reduced to tubercles (particularly in large adults); Lower gill rakers barely visible in open mouth; Vertebrae: 10 + 14; Curved lateral line scales: 80-99; Straight lateral line scales: 9-19 with 20-38 scutes, scales in curved lateralline: 77-97; Body oval, strongly compressed; Head profile relatively steep. Pectoral fins strongly falcate, extending to junction of straight and curved lateral line segments. No scales on the breast to beyond the origin of the pelvic fins. Juveniles have a filamentous lobe on the second dorsal fin usually shorter than Head Long in adults. Maxilla extends to below front third of eye. Villi form teeth on both jaws, vomer, palatines and on central band on tongue. Max. length: 50.0 cm TL, common length: 35.0 cm TL. Max. published weight: 3.7 kg. Depth range: 1 - 60 m.
Color
Juveniles with 5-7 vertical dark bands through body.
Adults body silver blue green above, silver white below; Black spot on upper operculum. In specimens over 200 mm, head and upper body often with black pigment blotches. Soft dorsal, soft anal and caudal fins dusky, anal with faint white spots on base of membrane between rays.
Etymology
Turrum: word of uncertain origin but is probably Australian aboriginal and refers to any of several species of trevally. A genus of trevallies of large size and with the general facies of Caranx.
coeruleopinnatum: from Latin, coerulus = azure-blue + from Latin, pinnatus = feathered, winged. Described as having bluish (“coerulescens”) dorsal, anal and caudal fins, i.e., silvery blue, same as body color, in living specimens.
Original description: Caranx coeruleopinnatus Rüppell, 1830 - Type locality: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.
Distribution
Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion), east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Nagasaki Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Adults are found in deep coastal reefs and rarely inshore. They are usually in small groups over sand bottoms near reefs.
Similar species
Platycaranx chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here).
Platycaranx malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Reported from New Caledonia. It differs by having a small area naked of scales anteriorly just above pectoral fin base and more gill rakers on lower limb of 1st arch, with 24-27.
Platycaranx talamparoides (Bleeker, 1852) - Reported from Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, east to Guam (Mariana Islands, U.S.A.) and New Guinea, north to southern Japan.
Last update: 6, October 2024