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Black banded trevally

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Carangidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Genus
  
Seriolina Wakiya, 1924

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Scomberoides, Carangoides, Alepes, Alectis, Uraspis

The black-banded trevally (Seriolina nigrofasciata) is a species of carangid native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic coast of southeastern South Africa. This species inhabits reefs and rocky bottoms at depths from 20 to 150 m (66 to 492 ft). This species grows to 70 cm (28 in) in total length, and the maximum recorded weight reached is 5.2 kg (11 lb). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, but is popular as a gamefish. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

Black-banded trevally Wikipedia