False trevally

False travelly; Fossil range: Late Silurian–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Actinopterygii;
Order:	Perciformes;
Family:	Lactariidae;
Genus:	Lactarius;
Species:	L. lactarius;
Binomial name
	Lactarius lactarius; (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
	Lactarius burmanicus (Lloyd, 1907); Lactarius delicatulus(Valenciennes, 1833); Lactarius lacta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Scomber lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801);

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This species of fish is of the genus Lactarius in the family Lactariidae. It is also known as the milky travelly, and it is found in pelagic-neritic, brackish, and marine waters.

[edit] Distribution

The false trevally is found in the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Southeast Asia, north to Japan, and south to Queensland, Australia. It is found in coastal waters down to a to depths of 15 - 100 m. and between 15-90 m. in western Indonesia and, feeds on sand-dwelling animals. This fish is marketed from fisheries

[edit] Description

It is covered in silvery grey scales with blue iridescence dorsally, silvery white ventrally; upper part of the gills are covered with a dusky black spot; fins pale yellow and the mouth is large and oblique.