Author: Cadenat, 1949

Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1949

Diagnosis: dorsal accessory lateral line terminating below spines 1-6 of dorsal fin. Gillrakers (including rudiments) 37-45 on lower limb of first gill arch. Shoulder girdle (cleithrum) margin smooth, without papillae. Dorsal fin VIII + I + 28-33; anal fin II + I + 24-29; distance between ultimate and penultimate rays of anal fin no more than 1.5 times distance between preceding rays. Scales in curved lateral line 35- 43, expanded dorsolaterally and scute-like (maximum height of scales 2.0-2.9% of SL); in straight lateral line 33-38 scutes; total scales and scutes 71-78. Colour: small black opercular spot on edge near upper angle; upper part of body and head nearly black or grey to bluish-green; lower two-thirds of body and head usually paler, whitish to silvery. Size: to at least 35 cm fork length.

Habitat: usually occurs near bottom (15-22° C) in 20-100 m, also pelagic and near surface at times; a schooling species. Food: primarily crustaceans. Reproduction: see family.

Distribution: reported from Morocco (rare); generally along African coast from Mauritania to Angola.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Carangidae
Genus Trachurus
Species Trachurus trecae

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950

Scientific synonyms and common names

Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1949

Synonyms:

Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1949, Bun Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 21: 668 fig. Syntypes: MNHN no. 50-71 (Mauritanie).
Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1951: 302 Poll, 1954: 119, fig. 35, pl. 4 (fig. 6), pl. 8 (fig 3) Cadenat, 1960: 1391 Blanc & Bauchot, 1961: 494, fig. 11 Blache et al., 1970: 310, fig. 813.
Caranx trecae: Furnestin et al., 1958: 443, fig. 48 Dollfus, 1960: 104.


Common names:

chinchard cunéné [Fr]
cunene horse-mackerel [En]
jurel cunene [Es]

Blache, J.; Cadenat, J.; Stauch, A. 1970. Clés de détermination des poissons de mer signalés dans l'Atlantique Oriental (entre le 20e parallèle N. et le l5e parallèle S.). Faune tropicale, 18: 479 pp., 1152 fig.

Blanc, M.; Bauchot, M.-L. 1961. Sur quatre genres de Carangidae de la côte occidentale d'Afrique: Decapterus, Caranx, Trachurus, Suareus. Affinités et rapports phylogéniques. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 1960 [1961], (2) 32 (6): 484-497, 15 fig.

Cadenat, J. 1949. Description de quatre Téléostéens nouveaux de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Bull Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, (2) 21(6): pp. 663-671, 4 fig.

Cadenat, J. 1951. Poissons de mer du Sénégal, Initiations africaines, III, Inst. fr. Afr. noire, Dakar, 1950 [1951]: 345 pp., 241 fig.

Cadenat, J. 1960a. Notes d'Ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XXX. Poissons de mer ouestafricains observés du Sénégal au Cameroun et plus spécialement au large des côtes de Sierra Leone et du Ghana. Bull Inst. fr. Afr. noire, (A) 22 (4) :1358-1420, 3 pl.

Dollfus, R. Ph. 1960. Exposé sommaire des récents progrès dans la connaissance ichthyologique du Maroc atlantique. Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc, 39: pp. 91-116, 1 pl.

Furnestin, J.; Dardignac, J.; Maurin, C.; Coupé, A.; Boutière, H. 1958. Données nouvelles sur les poissons du Maroc atlantique. Revue Trav. Inst. (scient. tech.) Pêch. marit., Paris, 22 (4): pp. 379-493, 1 pp. errata, 75 fig.

Poll, M. 1954. Poissons. IV. Téléostéens Acanthoptérygiens. Rés. Sci. Expéd. océanogr. belg. Eaux côt. afr. Atlant. Sud (1948-1949), 4 (3A): pp. 1-390, 107 fig., 9 pl.

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