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Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède, 1801

Talang queenfish
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Australia country information

Common names: Giant dart, Giant leatherskin, Giant queenfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Johannes, R.E. and J.W. MacFarlane, 1991
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Learmouth, W. Australia to off Brisbane, Qld., incl. the NW shelf, N coast & Gulf of Carpentaria in the N. Terr., NE coast and the Great Barrier Reef (Ref. 7300); Boigu, Torres Strait (Ref. 13465). Also from Shark Bay, W. Australia and Tweed Heads, N.S.W. (Ref. 114836). Also Ref. 5978, 33390.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Johnson, J.W., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sauteur talang, Jurel saltador, قفّاز تالانك, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Scomberoidinae
Etymology: Scomberoides: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 + Greek, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 35°N - 42°S, 25°E - 179°E

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Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 63.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287); common length : 90.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5288); max. published weight: 16.0 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit coastal waters, frequently near reefs and offshore islands (Ref. 30573, 48635). Occasionally found in estuaries. Usually in small groups (Ref. 9710, 48635). Feed on fishes, cephalopods, small invertebrates and, other pelagic prey (Ref. 5213, 90102).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.2 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1430 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00743 - 0.01695), b=2.91 (2.79 - 3.03), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=4-5 (F); K=0.14-0.16; Tmax=11; Fec >10,000).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.42, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (63 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.