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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?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCarangiformes
  5. familyCarangidae
  6. genusAlepes
  7. 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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the banded scad

Other species in the same genus Alepes.

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Common questions

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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

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Banded scad (Alepes djedaba). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/alepes-djedaba

MLA

“Banded scad (Alepes djedaba).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/alepes-djedaba.

BibTeX
@misc{alepes_djedaba_2026,
  title = {Banded scad (Alepes djedaba)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alepes-djedaba},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}