Round Scad

Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles

Family Carangidae

Other local names: cigar minnow

Description: long, fusiform; greenish-blue fading to silver on sides, belly white; narrow, yellowish stripe from head to caudal peduncle

Where found: midwater or bottom from shallow water to about 50 fathoms, juveniles sometimes at surface

Size: to 12 inches

Remarks: 2 small papillae on shoulder distinguish scads from other carangids