
Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Scombridae | Acanthocybium solandri | (Cuvier) | 1832 | Wahoo |
Acanthocybium solandri
Unique Characters: Two small keels and a large median keel between them on either side of caudal peduncle. 7-10 dorsal and 7-10 anal finlets. Adipose eyelids absent. Teeth in jaws strong, compressed, almost triangular or knife-like. Corselet of scales obscure. Snout as long as rest of head. No gill rakers. 23-27 spines in first dorsal fin. Posterior end of maxilla concealed under preorbital bone.
Similar Species: None.
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