Herring Scad
Alepes vari
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Alepes
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 7 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 8 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 5 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 5 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 5 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records