Torpedo Scad

Megalaspis cordyla (species), “Cordyla Scad”, “Finletted Mackerel”, “Finletted Mackerel Scad”, “Finny Scad”, “Hardtail Trevally”, “Horse Mackerel”, “King Fish”, “Russell's Scad”, “Torpedo Trevally”, “Trevally”, “Hard Tail Scad”

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The torpedo scad (Megalaspis cordyla), also known as the hardtail scad, finny scad, finletted mackerel scad or cordyla scad, is a species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family, Carangidae. The torpedo scad is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region, ranging from South Africa in the west to Tonga in the east, extending to Japan in the north and Australia in south. It is a schooling pelagic fish which occupies the surface layers of both inshore and offshore oceanic waters. The torpedo scad is easily identified by both its 'torpedo' shaped body and a series of detached finlets at the rear of both the dorsal and anal fins. The largest recorded individual was 80 cm long and weighed 4 kg, although it is more common at lengths less than…