How to Identify Carangidae

Key Identification Features

• Its dorsal fin is split into two distinct sections: the first section has 8 spines, while the second section has 1 spine and 19 to 22 soft rays.
• Juveniles are silvery yellow to silvery brown, and have five to six dark vertical bands along their sides – this feature gives the species its specific epithet sexfasciatus.
• As the fish mature, these bands fade and become indistinct, and the overall body color shifts to silvery blue on the upper half and whitish on the lower half.
• The tip of the second dorsal fin has a distinctive white marking.

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