Alepes vari, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Alepes vari, Juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Alepes vari, Juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Very similar to a number of trevally and scad species. Best distinguished by slender and rounded body shape, lack of large black patch on the operculum and darkish tips or rear margins of the tail fin.
Information
Max Size: 56 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 29.5-30.4°C
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (2% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (40 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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