Small spotted dart

Characteristics

  • Usually occurs singly in Hong Kong, but schools near the water surface elsewhere.
  • Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.

Description

Adult:
  • Dorsally silvery blue to grey, ventrally silvery white.
  • 1 to 5 horizontally arranged black dots on mid body in large fish.
  • Front margins of dorsal and anal fins black. Upper and lower margins of caudal fin also black.
Juvenile:
  • Body silvery with no dots.
  • Front margins of dorsal and anal fins black. Upper and lower margins of caudal fin also black.

Common Name: Small spotted dart

Family Common Name: Jacks

Scientific Name: Trachinotus baillonii___(Lacepède, 1801)

Maximum Length: 60 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Small spotted dart