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Marquesas dart

Trachinotus macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2019

Status not recordedbony fish

The marquesas dart (Trachinotus macrospilus) is a species in the family Carangidae, order Carangiformes.

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Quick facts about the marquesas dart

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 marquesas dart live?

Not recorded

Is the marquesas dart 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 marquesas dart classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCarangiformes
  5. familyCarangidae
  6. genusTrachinotus
  7. SpeciesTrachinotus macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2019
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Pampo-marquesanoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marquesas dart

Other species in the same genus Trachinotus.

Derbio

Trachinotus ovatus

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Permit

Trachinotus goodei

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Dart

Trachinotus blochii

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Pampano

Trachinotus africanus

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the marquesas dart?

The marquesas dart (Trachinotus macrospilus) belongs to the family Carangidae in the order Carangiformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Marquesas dart (Trachinotus macrospilus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marquesas-dart

MLA

“Marquesas dart (Trachinotus macrospilus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marquesas-dart.

BibTeX
@misc{marquesas_dart_2026,
  title = {Marquesas dart (Trachinotus macrospilus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marquesas-dart},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}