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Species: Acanthocybium solandri, the Wahoo

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blue-green + many irregular bars
very elongate; snout = 1/2 head
D1: XXIII-XXVII
D & A: 8-9 flinlets behind

Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832)

Wahoo

Body very elongate, fusiform, a little compressed; snout long (50% head length), pointed; rear of top jaw bone hidden; teeth strong, compressed, triangular; no gill rakers; 1st dorsal fin with long base, XXIII-XXVII spines; 2nd dorsal 12-16, with 8-9 finlets behind; anal fin 12-14 + 9 finlets behind; 1 large + 2 small keels on tail base; tail fin deeply forked; 1 complete lateral line; corselet of scales indistinct.

Iridescent bluish green on back; sides silvery with 24-30 irregular grey bars, some doubled or "Y"-shaped.

Size: reaches 250 cm; all- tackle world record 83.5 Kg.

Inhabits oceanic waters, generally well offshore.

Depth: 0-15 m.

All tropical seas; northern Baja to the mouth of the Gulf of California to northern Peru and all the oceanic islands.


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Salinity
  • Marine
  • Marine Only
Inshore/Offshore
  • In & Offshore
  • Inshore
  • Offshore
Water Column Position
  • Water column only
  • Surface
  • Near Surface
  • Mid Water
Habitat
  • Water column
FishBase Habitat
  • Pelagic
Feeding Group
  • Data
  • Carnivore
Diet
  • Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
  • Data
  • Bony fishes
Egg Type
  • Pelagic larva
  • No data
  • Pelagic
Global Endemism
  • "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
  • All Pacific (West + Central + East)
  • East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West)
  • TEP non-endemic
  • All species
  • Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
  • East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West)
  • Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America)
Regional Endemism
  • Continent + Island (s)
  • All species
  • Continent
  • Island (s)
  • Eastern Pacific non-endemic
  • Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
Residency
  • Resident
Climate Zone
  • Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
  • Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
  • South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
  • Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
IUCN Red List
  • Least concern
  • Listed
CITES
  • Not listed
Depth Range Max
  • 15
Depth Range Min
  • 0
Length Max
  • 250