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Updated 12/27/2013

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CIRCUMTROPICAL

Decapterus macarellus

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 20 feet

 

100-foot Hole, Waikiki, Oahu, 75 feet

 



Electric Beach, Oahu, 20 feet


Electric Beach, Oahu, 20 feet
 

MACKEREL SCAD       'ōpelu        Kusayamoro

Forms loose active schools in deep coastal waters.  Tapering body, pointed snout, dark spot at gill opening.  Feeds upon zooplankton and preyed upon by larger fish.  An important food and bait fish in Hawai'i.  Attains 12.5 inches.  Worldwide in warm seas.  Formerly known as Decapterus pinnulatus.