Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Carangidae > Elagatis > Elagatis bipinnulata

Elagatis bipinnulata (Hawaiian salmon; Jack; Prodigal son; Rainbow runner; Rainbow runner fish; Rainbow yellowtail; Runner; Salmon; Salmon runner; Samon; Shoemaker; Skip jack; Spanish jack; Spanish mackerel; Spanish-jack; Striped fish; Tabio; Yellow tail)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata), also known as the rainbow yellowtail, Spanish jack and Hawaiian salmon, is a common species of pelagic marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the world, inhabiting both coastal as well as far offshore areas. The species is the only member of the genus Elagatis, which was created 15 years after its initial description, and is closely related to the amberjacks. The rainbow runner is easily distinguished by its body shape, and the brilliant colouration which gives the fish its name. It is a fast swimming predator, taking small fish, cephalopods and a wide variety of planktonic crustaceans. The species reaches sexual maturity at around 60 cm (24 in), and spawning takes pl
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Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky shark)[1]
Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)[1]
Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin-tuna)[1]

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1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2Predation 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
3Gibson, 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