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.

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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. Marine invertebrates include crustaceans, shelled mollusks, cephalopods, and echinoderms (Amesbury et al., 1986).

The bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus, locally known as atulai, is a coastal pelagic species that undergoes seasonal migrations and is taken by a variety of methods from shore as well as from boats.