Rainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Description:
Body elongated, dark olive green or blue above, white below. Two narrow light blue bands on the sides with a yellowish band between them. Fins olive or yellowish. A dorsal and anal finlet posterior to the forked tail.
Size up to 1.8 m.

Habitat:
Found in oceanic and coastal waters, down to 150 m, but generally near the surface over reefs or sometimes far from the coasts. May form large schools (E. bipinnulata). Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes

Distribution:
Uncommon to rare Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Superclass Pisces
Class Osteichthyes
Family Carangidae
Genus Elagatis
Species Elagatis bipinnulata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Rainbow runner [English]
Comète saumon [French]

Humann, P., 1989. Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.

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