Bluestriped chub
📖 Overview
Occurs both as solitary individuals and in schools together with K. elegans and K. vaigiensis and are found close to the surface (< 25 m) on rocky shores, the open ocean and reefs on isolated islands . Also swim rapidly in small, somewhat polarized groups or schools in open water over deep reefs, along walls and drop-offs or usually seen near floating logs far out to sea . This species differs from its congeners in having an omnivorous diet that includes zooplankton . Not common.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body oval elongate, somewhat compressed; body distinctively coloured with wavy yellow and bluish stripes horizontal to the body, originating from mouth with a yellow and a blue wavy stripe stretching back to the caudal peduncle; head yellow to silvery with blue streak behind eye on operculum; metallic blue dorsally and white ventrally; caudal fin deeply forked; very low dorsal and anal fins; D XI,15; A III,14; teeth incisor-shaped: scales on interorbital region; external side of first gill arch with high number of gill rakers, 16-19 on lower limb, 7-8 on upper; total lateral line scale rows 80-85, 59-64 with pores; longitudinal scale rows 68-77; precaudal vertebrae 10, caudal 16; pterygiophores, anal 15 and dorsal 24 . : short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Bluestriped chub is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Bluestriped chub is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Bluestriped chub is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 1 - 20 m . Tropical; 37°N - 18°S, 138°E - 77°W
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bluestriped chub · Rainbow Chub |
| 🌍CES | tloušťovka modropruhá |
| 🇫🇷French | Calicagère saléma · Saupe à ligne bleue |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Koshinagaisuzumi · コシナガイスズミ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Boquinha-arco-íris |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Сектатор |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Chopa arcoíris · Salema · chopa salema |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chloroscombrus ocyurus | Jordan & Gilbert | 1882 | Synonym |
| Pimelepterus ocyurus | Jordan & Gilbert | 1882 | Synonym |
| Sectator azureus | Jordan & Evermann | 1903 | Synonym |
| Sectator ocyurus | Jordan & Gilbert | 1882 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 12 records indexed .
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