Uraspis helvola

The whitetongue jack (Uraspis helvola) is a species of jack in the family Carangidae. It is found in all tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Adults can grow up to 58 centimetres (23 in).

Uraspis helvola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Uraspis
Species:
U. helvola
Binomial name
Uraspis helvola
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber helvolus Forster, 1801
  • Caranx helvolus (Forster, 1801)
  • Caranx micropterus Rüppell, 1836
  • Leucoglossa candens Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927

Distribution and habitat

This species of fish is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.[2] In the Atlantic Ocean, it is found in west Africa. In the Indian Ocean, its range is from the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf south to eastern Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Comoros. It is also found in western India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Sea, western Sumatra, southern Indonesia, and western and southern Australia. In the Pacific Ocean, it is found off eastern Asia, around Hawaii, and New Zealand.

Description

Adults can grow up to 58 centimetres (23 in) but usually grow up to 35 centimetres (14 in).[2] This fish has 9 dorsal spines, 25 to 30 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines, and 19 to 22 anal soft rays.[2]

References
  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. (2015). "Uraspis helvola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T50902942A50912682. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T50902942A50912682.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Uraspis helvola" in FishBase. August 2019 version.


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