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Common dart

Trachinotus botla

Common Dart caught at Myalup beach in February 2013. Smaller sizes of the species were caught in the same location in February 2012.

Weight 0.750kg
Depth 1m
Trachinotus botla

About this species

Body colour is bluish on the upper surface of the body becoming silvery towards the belly. Distinguished by deeply forked caudal fin, elongated dorsal and anal fins and between 1 to 5 large along the middle side of the body Read more…

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