Longraker Trevally (species: Ulua mentalis) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Ulua mentalis
Longraker Trevally


©Lyle Vail: Ulua mentalis about 25 cm long at Cobia Hole Lizard Island. It was swimming with a large school of Bigeye Trevally.

©Anne Hoggett: A school of Ulua mentalis at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Carangidae
Genus Ulua
Species Ulua mentalis

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Distinguishing features

A silver trevally with an underslung mouth, an elongate forelobe of rear dorsal fin, and caudal fin and elongate dorsal fin edged in black.

Size

  • Up to 100 cm (TL according to Fishbase accessed 30 Oct 2016)
  • Up to 25 cm (Length of specimen observed at Lizard Island)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


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