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Rainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
Valid name.
- English
- Rainbow runner
- Scientific
- Elagatis bipinnulata
- Dhivehi
- މާނިޔާ މަސްMaaniyaa mas
- Group
- Jacks and trevallies
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.2 m (FishBase 180 cm is the record)
- Depth and habitat
- Oceanic and near-reef surface waters, 0 to about 150 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2012
Description
A slender, torpedo-shaped jack, olive-blue on the back with two narrow light-blue stripes separated by a yellow band, and a white belly. Small detached finlets sit behind the dorsal and anal fins. It schools near the surface in open water and around reef edges, feeding on small fish and crustaceans. It often gathers under floating logs and around sharks or other large fish.
In the Maldives
Caught by Maldivian pole-and-line and troll fishermen, often associated with tuna schools and drifting objects.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Elagatis-bipinnulata.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/މާނިޔާ_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Comète_saumon_(Elagatis_bipinnulata)_(Ifremer_00756-86769).
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives, Marine Research Section, Malé (FAO/BOBP MAG/21); Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition).