Adults silvery blue to grey above, silvery white below;
sides with 1-5 small black spots in a longitudinal row on or
near LL, these spots equal to or smaller than eye (spots
absent in fish smaller than 15 cm, the number of spots generally increasing with age); C, 2nd D and A grey to black,
the lobes usually darkest. Attains at least 54 cm and 1.0 kg.
Inhabits coastal waters, and usually found in surge zone
along sandy beaches; widespread in Indo-West Pacific from
Natal northward and eastward to the Marshall and Line Ids.
210.49 Trachinotus blochii
(Lacepede, 1801)
Snubnose pompano
Stompneus-pompano
Caesiomorus blochii Lacepede, 1801: 92, PI. 3, Fig. 2 (Madagascar) .
Trachinotus blochii: Smith, 1967: 159*.
D VI + I, 18-20; A II + I, 16-18; GR (5-8)+(8-10). Tongue toothless.
First predorsal bone shaped like an inverted tear-drop or
oval-shaped. Body generally silvery, paler below; large
adults sometimes mostly golden orange, especially lower ~
of body; A dusky to dirty orange, lobe with brownish anterior margin; C and P dark or dirty orange; V white to dirty
orange. Attains 65 cm. Widespread in Indo-West Pacific
from Durban northward and eastward to Marshall Ids.
210.49 Trachinotus bloch;;: top: 57.5 em (Kenya); bottom: 80 em (N . Mozambique).
210: CARANGIDAE (KINGFISHES)
210.50 Trachinotus botla
(Shaw, 1803)
Largespotted pompano
Grootkol-pompano
Scomber botla Shaw, 1803: 591 (composite species based primarily on
Russell's Fig. of "botla-parah" from Vizagapatam, India). Trachinotus
russelii Cuvier, in Cuv. & Val., 1832: 436 (based on Russell's Fig. of
"botla-parah"); Smith, SFSA No. 540*; 1967: 163*. Palinurichthys
umhlangae Smith, 1949: 304, Fig. 849b (Umhlanga, Natal) . Trachinotus
botla: van der Elst, 1981: 134 * .
D VI +1,22-24; A 11+1,19-22; GR (6-9)+(11-15).
Adults bluish black above, silvery below; sides with 1-5
large plumbeous spots in a longitudinal row on or near
LL, the anterior 2 spots larger than eye (spots absent on
fish smaller than 15 cm, the number of spots generally
increasing with age); C, 2nd D and A dusky to blue-black,
the lobes usually darker. Attains 75 cm; South African
angling record 2.3 kg. Inhabits coastal waters, often preferring the rough surge zone along sandy beaches, from Algoa
Bay northward to Kenya; also Madagascar, Sri Lanka and
western Australia . The eastern Australian T. coppingeri
Gunther, 1884 is a closely related endemic species. Validation and priority of Scomber botla is based on the action of
Day (1876: 233) who as "first reviser" listed it as a synonym
of Trachinotus russelii.
210.50 Trachinotus botla: 50 em (Kenya).
Genus Trachurus Rafinesque, 1809
Eleven or 12 species; 2 in southern Africa. Also called
"scad" or "horse mackerel".
KEY TO SPECIES
la Dorsal accessory LL ends below 16th-30th Dray;
GR64-74 .......................................................... T. trachurus
Ib Dorsal accessory LL ends below 7th-9th D spine;
GR 53-59 .. .. .. .... ........ .... .. ............... .. ............ .. .. .. . T. delagoa
210.51 Trachurus delagoa
Nekrasov, 1970
African maasbanker
Afrikaanse maasbanker
Trachurus delagoa Nekrasov , 1970: 96, Fig. 5 (Delagoa Bay, Mozambique); Nekrassov, 1978: 17 . Trachurus margaretae Berry & Cohen, 1974:
191, Fig. 2 (Durban).
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sides with 1-5 small black spots in a longitudinal row on or
near LL, these spots equal to or smaller than eye (spots
absent in fish smaller than 15 cm, the number of spots generally increasing with age); C, 2nd D and A grey to black,
the lobes usually darkest. Attains at least 54 cm and 1.0 kg.
Inhabits coastal waters, and usually found in surge zone
along sandy beaches; widespread in Indo-West Pacific from
Natal northward and eastward to the Marshall and Line Ids.
210.49 Trachinotus blochii
(Lacepede, 1801)
Snubnose pompano
Stompneus-pompano
Caesiomorus blochii Lacepede, 1801: 92, PI. 3, Fig. 2 (Madagascar) .
Trachinotus blochii: Smith, 1967: 159*.
D VI + I, 18-20; A II + I, 16-18; GR (5-8)+(8-10). Tongue toothless.
First predorsal bone shaped like an inverted tear-drop or
oval-shaped. Body generally silvery, paler below; large
adults sometimes mostly golden orange, especially lower ~
of body; A dusky to dirty orange, lobe with brownish anterior margin; C and P dark or dirty orange; V white to dirty
orange. Attains 65 cm. Widespread in Indo-West Pacific
from Durban northward and eastward to Marshall Ids.
210.49 Trachinotus bloch;;: top: 57.5 em (Kenya); bottom: 80 em (N . Mozambique).
210: CARANGIDAE (KINGFISHES)
210.50 Trachinotus botla
(Shaw, 1803)
Largespotted pompano
Grootkol-pompano
Scomber botla Shaw, 1803: 591 (composite species based primarily on
Russell's Fig. of "botla-parah" from Vizagapatam, India). Trachinotus
russelii Cuvier, in Cuv. & Val., 1832: 436 (based on Russell's Fig. of
"botla-parah"); Smith, SFSA No. 540*; 1967: 163*. Palinurichthys
umhlangae Smith, 1949: 304, Fig. 849b (Umhlanga, Natal) . Trachinotus
botla: van der Elst, 1981: 134 * .
D VI +1,22-24; A 11+1,19-22; GR (6-9)+(11-15).
Adults bluish black above, silvery below; sides with 1-5
large plumbeous spots in a longitudinal row on or near
LL, the anterior 2 spots larger than eye (spots absent on
fish smaller than 15 cm, the number of spots generally
increasing with age); C, 2nd D and A dusky to blue-black,
the lobes usually darker. Attains 75 cm; South African
angling record 2.3 kg. Inhabits coastal waters, often preferring the rough surge zone along sandy beaches, from Algoa
Bay northward to Kenya; also Madagascar, Sri Lanka and
western Australia . The eastern Australian T. coppingeri
Gunther, 1884 is a closely related endemic species. Validation and priority of Scomber botla is based on the action of
Day (1876: 233) who as "first reviser" listed it as a synonym
of Trachinotus russelii.
210.50 Trachinotus botla: 50 em (Kenya).
Genus Trachurus Rafinesque, 1809
Eleven or 12 species; 2 in southern Africa. Also called
"scad" or "horse mackerel".
KEY TO SPECIES
la Dorsal accessory LL ends below 16th-30th Dray;
GR64-74 .......................................................... T. trachurus
Ib Dorsal accessory LL ends below 7th-9th D spine;
GR 53-59 .. .. .. .... ........ .... .. ............... .. ............ .. .. .. . T. delagoa
210.51 Trachurus delagoa
Nekrasov, 1970
African maasbanker
Afrikaanse maasbanker
Trachurus delagoa Nekrasov , 1970: 96, Fig. 5 (Delagoa Bay, Mozambique); Nekrassov, 1978: 17 . Trachurus margaretae Berry & Cohen, 1974:
191, Fig. 2 (Durban).
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