False_trevally

False trevally

False trevally

Species of fish

Not to be confused with the milk-cap mushroom genus Lactarius.

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

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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
  • False trevally illustration

References

  1. [1]
    Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lactarius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lactarius lactarius" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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