False trevally
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This species of fish
is of the genus
Lactarius in the family Lactariidae. It is also known as the milky travelly, and it is found in pelagic-neritic, brackish, and marine
waters.
from East Africa
to Southeast Asia
, north to Japan
, and south to Queensland, Australia. It is found in coastal waters down to a to depths of 15 - 100 m. and between 15-90 m. in western Indonesia
and, feeds on sand
-dwelling animals. This fish is marketed from fisheries
s are covered with a dusky black spot; fins pale yellow and the mouth is large and oblique.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
is of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Lactarius in the family Lactariidae. It is also known as the milky travelly, and it is found in pelagic-neritic, brackish, and marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
waters.
Distribution
The false trevally is found in the Indo-West PacificIndo-West Pacific
The Indo-West Pacific, or IWP, is a zoogeographical region spanning the entire Indian Ocean including the Red Sea and the Pacific Ocean as far as the Caroline Islands but short of the Marshall Islands...
from East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
to Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
, north to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and south to Queensland, Australia. It is found in coastal waters down to a to depths of 15 - 100 m. and between 15-90 m. in western Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and, feeds on sand
Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
-dwelling animals. This fish is marketed from fisheries
Description
It is covered in silvery grey scales with blue iridescence dorsally, silvery white ventrally; upper part of the gillGill
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water, afterward excreting carbon dioxide. The gills of some species such as hermit crabs have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...
s are covered with a dusky black spot; fins pale yellow and the mouth is large and oblique.