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FAO Names |
 |
En - Kawakawa; Fr - Thonine orientale; Sp - Bacoreta oriental. |
Size |
|
 Maximum fork length
is about 100 cm and weight about 13.6 kg, common to 60
cm. The all-tackle angling record is a 11.80 kg fish from
Merimbala, New South Wales, with a fork length of 96.5 cm
taken in 1980. In Philippines waters, maturity is
attained at about 40 cm fork length, while in the Indian
Ocean it is reached between 50 and 65 cm in the 3rd year
of age. |
| Diagnostic Features | |
 Gillrakers 29 to 33
on first arch; gill teeth 28 or 29; vomerine teeth
absent. Anal fin rays 13 or 14. Vertebrae 39; no trace of
vertebral protuberances; bony caudal keels on 33rd and
34th vertebrae. Colour: dorsal markings composed of
broken oblique stripes. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
 Throughout the warm waters of the Indo-West Pacific, including oceanic islands and archipelagos. A few stray specimens have been collected in the eastern tropical Pacific. |
