Alepes vari Herring scad

Alepes vari is commonly referred to as Herring scad. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 20000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9718 

AphiaID:

218383 

Scientific:

Alepes vari 

German:

Makrele 

English:

Herring Scad 

Category:

Makrele 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Alepes (Genus) > vari (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Corea, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

Size:

11.81" - 22.05" (30cm - 56cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Tank:

4399.57 gal (~ 20000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Alepes apercna
• 
  Alepes djedaba
  Djedaba-Makrele
• Alepes kleinii
• Alepes melanoptera
• 
  Alepes vari
  Makrele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-18 09:24:29 

Last edit:

2016-05-18 09:24:29 

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