Selar boops, the oxeye scad, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the scads, jacks and trevallies. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. It is an important species for fisheries in some parts of its range.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Oxeye Scad being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Selaroides leptolepis
- Selar crumenophthalmus
- Pterocaesio tessellata
- Rastrelliger kanagurta
- Decapterus koheru
- Rastrelliger chrysozonus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Selar
- Species
- Selar boops
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