Platycaranx malabaricus, Malabar trevally : fisheries, gamefish

Platycaranx malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Malabar trevally
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Platycaranx: Name derived from Greek 'platys' meaning 'fat', and Caranx for the type genus of Carangidae, referring to the highly compressed body.
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Marine; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 20 - 140 m (Ref. 11441). Tropical; 40°N - 48°S, 30°E - 176°W

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Indo-West Pacific: from Red Sea and Arabian Gulf, south to South Africa and northeast to Japan, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and Wallis and Futuna.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 23; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 17 - 19.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults occur in the continental shelf, near rocks and coral reefs (Ref. 7300). They feed on crustaceans, small squids, and fishes (Ref. 5213). Juveniles are found in sandy bays (Ref. 2334). Marketed fresh, may be dried or salted (Ref. 5284).

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

Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.02291 (0.01834 - 0.02862), b=2.90 (2.84 - 2.96), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.9   ±0.54 se; based on food items.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.68-0.96;).
Rate of population increase Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649) 		Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Medium.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 36.4 [16.1, 83.5] mg/100g; Iron = 1.49 [0.64, 3.43] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [17.0, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.137 [0.070, 0.285] g/100g; Selenium = 14.6 [6.1, 40.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.8 [5.3, 216.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.546 [0.280, 1.229] mg/100g (wet weight);