Banded scad
Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Status not recordedbony fish
The banded scad (Alepes djedaba) is a species in the family Carangidae, order Carangiformes.
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Quick facts about the banded scad
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the banded scad live?
Not recorded
Is the banded scad endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the banded scad classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderCarangiformes
- familyCarangidae
- genusAlepes
- SpeciesAlepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms Alepes djedabba, Alepes djeddaba, Alepes scitula, Atule djedaba, Atule kalla, Caranx djedaba, Caranx djedabba, Caranx djeddaba, Caranx kalla, Caranx microbrachium, Caranx microbranchium, Scomber albus, Scomber djedaba, Selar brevis, Selar djedaba, Selar kalla
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Herring trevallyEnglish
- Shrimp caranxEnglish
- Shrimp scadEnglish
- Slender yellowtail kingfishEnglish
- Yellowtail scadEnglish
- BayadArabic
- TrakitoCebuano
- kranas korálovýCzech
- ΓυμνοκοκκάλιGreek
- Jurel SubaríSpanish
- katkapiikkimakrilliFinnish
- Sélar SubariFrench
- צנינון דו-ימיHebrew
- クロボシヒラアジJapanese
- ಗೊಂಡ್ಲುKannada
- Xaréu-crustácivoroPortuguese
- ДжедабаRussian
- ParaiTamil
- ปลาสีกุนหัวอ่อนThai
- TalakitokFilipino
- ÇatalTurkish
- 吉打鰺Chinese
- نيزكة إيربيانArabic
- HammamArabic
- JinnesArabic
- Selar subariFrench
- கிளிசைTamil
- குமாரபரைTamil
- சீமபாரைTamil
- தேங்கா பாரைTamil
- வென்னை பாரைTamil
- catal baligiTurkish
- 吉打副葉鰺Chinese
Relatives of the banded scad
Other species in the same genus Alepes.
Blackfin scad
Alepes melanoptera
Banded scad
Alepes kleinii
Banded scad
Alepes apercna
Herring scad
Alepes vari
CompareBanded scad vs Blackfin scadBanded scad vs Banded scadBanded scad vs Banded scadBanded scad vs Herring scad
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the banded scad?
The banded scad (Alepes djedaba) belongs to the family Carangidae in the order Carangiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
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