Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Carangidae > Decapterus > Decapterus macarellus

Decapterus macarellus (Scad; Robin; Mackerel scad; Mackerel; Kingston; Cigarfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The mackerel scad, Decapterus macarellus, is a species of fish of the family, Carangidae. While mackerel scad can be considered gamefish, they are usually used as bait. They are popular eating fish in the Hawaiian islands, where they are called `opelu.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park II 5573 Netherlands Antilles  

Prey / Diet

Encrasicholina punctifer (Oceanic anchovy)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)[2]
Sula leucogaster leucogaster (Brown booby)[3]
Sula sula sula (Red-footed booby)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ectenurus trachuri[4]
Pseudopecoelus minutus[4]
Tergestia laticollis[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Predation of Fishes on Open-ocean Species of Sea-skaters (Halobates spp.), Tetsushi Senta, Motofumi Kimura and Toshikazu Kanbara, Japan J. Ichthyol. 40(2): 193-198, 1993
♦ 2Comparative foraging ecology and ecological niche of a superabundant tropical seabird: the sooty tern Sterna fuscata in the southwest Indian Ocean, S. Jaquemet, M. Potier, Y. Cherel, J. Kojadinovic, P. Bustamante, P. Richard, T. Catry, J. A. Ramos, M. Le Corre, Mar Biol (2008) 155:505–520
♦ 3THE DIET OF MASKED, BROWN AND RED-FOOTED BOOBIES (SULIDAE: PELECANIFORMES) IN THE MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO, Ricardo López-Ortiz, 2007, PhD Dissertation, UPR/RUM
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0