Rainbow Runner

Elagatis bipinnulata

A pair of pale blue horizontal stripes along the side.

Size : 120 cm

Habitat : Pelagic species, however occasionally comes in schools or small groups to outer reef slopes, less often also into deep lagoons, 1-150 m. Agile and fast, but relatively shy. Feeds on small fish, in addition to larger plankton crustaceans.

Distribution : Circumtropical

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Carangiformes

FAMILY

:

Carangidae

GENUS

:

Elagatis

SPECIES

:

Elagatis bipinnulata

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner