Alectis ciliaris

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CARANGIDAE

Scientific Name:

Alectis ciliaris

Species Authority:

(Bloch, 1787)

Common Name/s:

English	–	African Pompano, Ciliated Thread-fish, Cobblerfish, Cordonnier, Crevalle, Cuban Jack, Diamond Trevally, Fiddler, Hairfish, Indian Threadfin Trevally, Jack, Jacks, Pennantfish, Pennant Fish, Pennant Trevally, Pompano, Shoemaker, Sunfish, Threadfin, Threadfin Jack, Thread-fin Jackfish, Threadfin Mirrorfish, Thread-finned Trevally, Threadfinned Trevally, Threadfin Pompano, Threadfin Trevally, Threadfish, Thread Pompano, Trevally
French	–	Aile ronde, Carangue, Cordonnier, Cordonnier Fil, Marguerite
Spanish	–	Caballa, Caballito, Chicuaca, Cojinoba, Corcoba de Plana, Corcobado de Pluma, Elechudo, Flechudo, Jurel de Pluma, Paja blanco, Palometa, Pampanito, Pampano, Pampano Africano, Pámpano Africano, Pampano de Hebra, Pámpano de Hebra, Pampano de Pluma, Pampano Flechudo, Peje rey, Pompano, Sol, Zapatero

Synonym/s:

Alectis breviventralis Wakiya, 1924

Alectis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)

Alectis temmincki Wakiya, 1924

Blepharis fasciatus Rüppell, 1830

Blepharis indicus Cuvier, 1833

Blepharis major Cuvier, 1833

Blepharis sutor Cuvier, 1833

Carangoides ajax Snyder, 1904

Gallus virescens Lacepède, 1802

Hynnis cubensis Poey, 1860

Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, 1895

Scyris analis Poey, 1868

Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787

Zeus crinitus Mitchill, 1826

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Herdson, D., Robertson, R. & Smith-Vaniz, B.
Reviewer/s:	Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M.
Contributor/s:	De Silva, R., Milligan, H., Lutz, M., Batchelor, A., Jopling, B., Kemp, K., Lewis, S., Lintott, P., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Smith, J. & Livingston, F.
Justification: Although Alectis ciliaris is harvested in commercial fisheries, it has an extremely large distribution and is considered common in many parts of its range. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. Further research on the life history characteristics of this species is needed to accurately determine vulnerability to potential threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Alectis ciliaris has a circumtropical distribution in marine waters.
Countries:	Native: American Samoa (American Samoa, American Samoa); Angola (Angola); Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia (Ashmore-Cartier Is., Coral Sea Is. Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia); Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Brazil; Cambodia; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; China; Colombia; Comoros; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Curaçao; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland), Galápagos); Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Fiji; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Jamaica; Japan (Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto); Jordan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of; Montserrat; Mozambique; Myanmar; Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao); New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago); Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Réunion; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United States (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaiian Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Venezuela; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – western central; Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common in many parts of its range such as in the Indo-pacific.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is pelagic in neritic and oceanic waters. Adults are usually solitary and frequent shallow coastal waters; juveniles are pelagic and drift. Its diet consists of slow-swimming or sedentary crustaceans, and occasionally small crabs and fishes. This species is found at a maximum depth of 60 m. Adults are demersal, however juveniles up to 25 cm are pelagic.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats known to this species. This species is sometimes harvested by commercial fisheries, and is occasionally collected for the aquarium trade, however there is no current indication of a population decline.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known to this species. This species is sometimes harvested by commercial fisheries, and is occasionally collected for the aquarium trade, however there is no current indication of a population decline.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species, however its falls within numerous marine protected areas. Further research is needed on the life history characteristics of this large species to determine vulnerability to potential threats.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species, however its falls within numerous marine protected areas.

Further research is needed on the life history characteristics of this large species to determine vulnerability to potential threats.

Citation:	Herdson, D., Robertson, R. & Smith-Vaniz, B. 2010. Alectis ciliaris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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