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Wahoo Species Profile

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Species Profile
For
Wahoo
(Acanthocybium solandri)

Prepared for
MSC 276 – Marine Vertebrate Zoology

By
Dean Crenshaw dacrenshaw256@mail.cfcc.edu Submitted:

Names and Classification:

Scientific Name: Acanthocybium solandri
Common Name (English): Wahoo

Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri also known as the: mackerel, queen-fish, barracuda, wahoo fish, kingfish, ono, peto.
Family: Scombridae - Wahoo

Description:

The wahoo has an elongated scaled body which that looks slightly compressed. It is a bluish green towards the dorsal of the body and silvery towards the bottom. There are numerous darker bars running below its lateral line fading towards its ventral part of its body. Its first dorsal fin has around 23-27 spines while the second dorsal fin only has nine finlets. It has a lunate caudal fin (Carpenter, 2011). It also has 12-14 anal soft rays but no anal spine. A very elongated jaw is seen. The mouth is very large with a beak-like snout (figure 2). They have jagged teeth. The maximum length caught was approximately 250 centimeters but range from 85-105 centimeters with a maximum weight of 83 kilograms (Luna, n.d.). It does not have any gill rakers. Pectoral fins (2) on each side of its body is present. A pelvic fin is also present. There is no caudal keel nor …show more content…

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