bigeye scad

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bigeye scad - of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait

big-eyed scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus

scad - any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae

genus Selar, Selar - big-eyed scad

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Keichi Yamamoto speared a fish that we have identified as Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793), the bigeye scad (Fig.

Yamamoto continued to observe bigeye scad at this location to as late as early March 2015, at this time swimming with a school of juvenile Pacific barracuda (Sphyraena argentea Girard, 1852).

The bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus (bloch, 1793) (family Carangidae), new to the California marine fauna, with a List to and keys for all California carangids

Fishes which feed in Hawaiian estuaries include mullet, Mugil cephalus; Hawaiian flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis; bigeye scad, Selar crumenopthalmus; and various species of snappers and trevally.

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Guam's exploited fisheries resources can be divided into the following five major groups based on biology and harvest method: Marine invertebrates, reef fishes, bottomfishes, pelagic fishes, and bigeye scad.