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Blackfin scad
Alepes melanoptera
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blackfin scad
- Scientific
- Alepes melanoptera
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Jacks and trevallies
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A small silvery scad with a black spiny dorsal fin, reaching about 25 cm. It lives in inshore waters, feeding on small crustaceans.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Alepes-melanoptera.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Alepes_melanoptera.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.