Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833)

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

21. Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833)

Yellowstripe scad (Figure 22)

Materials examined: 1 ex.; 18.04.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC /ZSI/F1772 .

Description: Body elongate, oblong and compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex. Eye diameter about equal to slightly smaller than snout length, with adipose eyelid moderately developed on posterior half of eye; upper jaw strongly protractile with posterior end of jaw concave above, concave and reduced below. Lateral line anteriorly with a moderate regular arch, with junction of curved and straight parts below second dorsal fin between 10th to 12th soft rays; chord of curved part of lateral line longer than straight part of lateral line, straight part of lateral line with 13 to 25 scales followed by 24 to 29 relatively small scutes. Breast completely scaled. Colour metallic blue above, silvery white below, with a broad yellow stripe from upper margin of eye to caudal peduncle; prominent black opercular spot encroaching onto shoulder. Dorsal, arial and caudal fires pale to dusky yellow; pelvic fins white.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to the Arafura Sea and Australia.

Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 20 cm.