Species: Euthynnus affinis, the Kawakawa
black spots above pelvic
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
Kawakawa
Elongate, fusiform; no fatty eyelid; jaw teeth slender, conical; top of tongue with 2 cartilaginous crests; 29-33 gill rakers; 1st dorsal XII-XVI; 2 dorsal fins barely separated; front of 1st dorsal high; ~ 9 dorsal finlets and ~ 7 anal finlets; bone between base of pelvics short, forked; pectorals 25-29 rays; two small keels separated by one large one on tail base; corselet of large, thickened scales on front body, body scaleless behind corselet.
Bluey above, silvery below; a cluster of black spots on belly above pelvic fin; ~ 12 oblique dark lines on upper back behind corselet.
Size: 110 cm; at least 13.2 kg.
Habitat: surface pelagic, coastal.
Depth: 0-50 m.
Indo-Pacific; vagrants between S California, the Revillagigedos and southern Baja.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Surface
- Water column only
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic crustacea
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- All species
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 110
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
