Biology:False trevally

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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish
Not to be confused with the milk-cap mushroom genus Lactarius.

False trevally
Temporal range: Eocene–recent
Lactarius lactarius
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Lactariidae
Boulenger, 1904 [2]
Genus: Lactarius
Valenciennes, 1833[1]
Species:
L. lactarius
Binomial name
Lactarius lactarius
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Platylepes Swainson, 1839

Species:

  • Scomber lactarius Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
  • Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833
  • Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907

The false trevally (Lactarius lactarius) is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family.[3]

Distribution

The false trevally is native to the Indian Ocean and from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Queensland, Australia. It is a coastal species, occurring in marine and brackish waters at depths of from 15 to 100 m (49 to 328 ft). It is an important species to local commercial fisheries.[3]

Description

This fish is colored silvery-grey on the upper parts with blue iridescence dorsally and a dusky black spot on the upper gill cover. The underparts are colored silvery-white. The fins are pale yellow. This species can reach a length of 40 cm (16 in), though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in).[3]

  • False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center, Andhra Pradesh, India
    False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Close-up of False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center
    Close-up of False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center
  • False trevally illustration
    False trevally illustration

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Lactarius". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1353. 
  2. ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lactarius lactarius" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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