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Bigeye scad

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| image = Fish4443 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Smith-Vaniz, W.F. | author2 = Williams, J.T. | author3 = Brown, J. | author4 = Curtis, M. | author5 = Pina Amargos, F. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = Selar crumenophthalmus |errata=2017 | volume = 2015 | page = e.T190388A115316971 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190388A16510647.en }}

| taxon = Selar crumenophthalmus

| authority = (Bloch, 1793)

| synonyms = Scomber crumenophthalmus Bloch, 1793

}}

The bigeye scad or big-eyed scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) is a species of oceanic fish found in tropical regions around the globe.{{FishBase |genus=Selar |species=crumenophthalmus |month=August |year=2014}} Other common names include purse-eyed scad, goggle-eyed scad, akule, chicharro, charrito ojón, jacks, matang baka, mushimas and coulirou. The bigeye scad is fished commercially, both for human consumption and for bait.{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2326/en |title=Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) |year=2015 |work=FAO Species Fact Sheets |publisher=FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department |access-date=6 January 2015}}{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1186/2193-1801-2-634| title = Growth rates of larval and juvenile bigeye scad Selar crumenophthalmus in captivity| journal = SpringerPlus| volume = 2| pages = 634| year = 2013| last1 = Welch | first1 = A. | last2 = Hoenig | first2 = R. | last3 = Stieglitz | first3 = J. | last4 = Daugherty | first4 = Z. | last5 = Sardenberg | first5 = B. | last6 = Miralao | first6 = S. | last7 = Farkas | first7 = D. | last8 = Benetti | first8 = D. | pmc = 3856327 | pmid=24324928| doi-access = free}}

Description

The bigeye scad is blue-green or green on its back and sides and white on the underside. It grows to about 15 inches (38 cm) long and feeds on small invertebrates, fish larvae, and zooplankton. It is a schooling fish, it is mostly nocturnal, and it prefers clean, clear insular waters.

Uses

File:Bigeye scad, capture production, thousand tonnes, 1950-2022.svg{{Cite web |title=Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production |url=https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)}}]]

The bigeye scad are fished commercially; the global catches are about 200 thousand tonnes per year. They are highly valued as food in Asian and Pacific cultures. In Maldivian cuisine it is known as mushimas and commonly eaten in garudhiya or fried.Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom, Barcelona 1999, {{ISBN|84-7254-801-5}} In Florida and the Caribbean, they are popular as bait.

File:Parasite140007-fig9 Philometra selaris Moravec & Justine, 2014 (Nematoda, Philometridae).tif.]]

Parasites

Parasites of the bigeye scad include the philometrid nematode Philometra selaris, which lives inside the ovary of the females.{{cite journal|last1=Moravec|first1=František|last2=Justine|first2=Jean-Lou|title=Philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) in carangid and serranid fishes off New Caledonia, including three new species|journal=Parasite|volume=21|year=2014|pages=21|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2014022|pmid=24836940|pmc=4023622}} {{open access}}

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Selar crumenophthalmus}}

  • {{ITIS |id=168677 |taxon=Selar crumenophthalmus |accessdate=12 June 2006}}
  • [http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/scrumenoph.htm Australian Museum Fish Site species page]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070425204801/http://www.guamdawr.org/learningcenter/factsheets/reeffish/scad_html Guam Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources species page]
  • [http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Bigeye_Scad Bigeye scad stock video footage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204204926/http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Bigeye_Scad |date=2012-02-04 }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060515072638/http://omp.gso.uri.edu/work1/gallery/fishnbay/5.htm University of Rhode Island page with sound files of bigeye scads producing grating sounds with their teeth]
  • {{SealifePhotos|159646}}

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Category:Selar (fish)

Category:Pantropical fish

Category:Fish described in 1793

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