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分類 / 名稱 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Carangiformes (Jacks) 鱸形目 (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) 鰺科 (Jacks and pompanos) > Trachinotinae
Etymology: Trachinotus:Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek,noton = back (Ref. 45335); macrospilus:Name from the Greek 'makros' for long or large and 'spilos' for spot, referring to the relative height of the largest and usually single spot on the mid-side of the body of adults.
背棘 (總數) : 7; 背的軟條 (總數) : 23 - 26; 臀棘: 3; 臀鰭軟條: 23 - 25; 脊椎骨: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: adults have only 1 or 2 large black spots on their sides and the largest spot larger than iris diameter (usually smaller than iris diameter in T. baillonii and equal to or larger than eye diameter in T. botla and T. coppingeri); no large spot positioned above the pectoral fin (adults with 1 or 2 large spots in T. botla and T. coppingeri); height of largest spot plotted against head length is also larger than in T. baillonii; heights of dorsal- and anal-fin lobes of adults usually shorter than in the other three species; D VI-I, 23?26; A II-I, 23?25; vomerine tooth patch usually chevron shaped and palatine tooth patch relatively long (Ref. 120856). Cross section: compressed.
The adult specimens were collected from the surf zone (Ref. 120856).
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and S.J. Walsh, 2019. Indo-West Pacific species of Trachinotus with spots on their sides as adults, with description of a new species endemic to the Marquesas Islands (Teleostei: Carangidae). Zootaxa 4651(1):1-37. (Ref. 120856)
