Bar-cheek Trevally (species: Carangoides plagiotaenia) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Carangoides plagiotaenia
Bar-cheek Trevally


©Lyle Vail: Carangoides plagiotaenia at Cod Hole near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Carangidae
Genus Carangoides
Species Carangoides plagiotaenia
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Distinguishing features

Conspicuous dark vertical bar on cheek, below level of eye.

Size

  • Up to 50 cm and averaging 30 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 2 m to 200 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Adults occur in shallow water along edges of steep outer reef and lagoon slopes. Found singly or in groups. (Fishbase)

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References

  • Barnett, L.J., T.L. Miller and T.H. Cribb (2010). Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Nassarius dorsatus and N. olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in central Queensland, Australia, Zootaxa, 2445: 35-52. LIRS catalog number 1332.
  • Bray, R.A. and T.H. Cribb (2007). Monostephanostomum nolani sp. n. and M. krusei Reimer, 1983 (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from carangid fishes from coral reef waters off Australia, Folia Parasitologica, 54: 19-26. LIRS catalog number 1075.
  • Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard (2010). Four new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae, Parasitology, 137: 793-814. LIRS catalog number 1318.