Torpedo Scad

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758)

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Megalaspis cordyla (Torpedo Scad) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family jacks.

EOL has data for 16 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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45 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Malaysia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1733045
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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pelagic zone
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000208
- Definition: An open ocean region.
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Pakistan
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1168579
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Caligus schlegeli Ho & Lin 2003
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Procamallanus (Procamallanus) caranxi Rajyalakshmi & Hanumantha Rao 1993
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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126 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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28.385 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of torpedo scad. View this species on GBIF

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Allan Connell. Year: 2013. cc-by-nc