Rachycentron canadum
Cobia
©Marianne Dwyer: Three of at least 12 Rachycentron canadum about 1 metre long at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Rachycentridae
Genus
Rachycentron
Species
Rachycentron canadum
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- From 43 cm to 200 cm (Total Length) - applies to Mature Specimens
- From 0 cm to 43 cm (Immature specimens)
Depth range
- From 0 m to 1200 m
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
Occur in a variety of habitats, over mud, sand and gravel bottoms; over coral reefs, off rocky shores and in mangrove sloughs; inshore around pilings and buoys, and offshore around drifting and stationary objects; occasionally in estuaries (Fishbase). They have been observed associating with larger marine animals such as rays, turtles, sharks and whales. Diet includes crustaceans, as well as smaller fish and squid.
Web resources
- World Register of Marine Species
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- iNaturalist
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Wikipedia
- Flickr image of Cobia escorting a Tiger Shark
- Fishes of Australia (Museum of Victoria)
- Fishbase
- Search Google
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Search Flickr
- Search Encyclopedia of Life
References
References that assist with identification
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
- 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.