Name: Wahoo

Scientific Name: Acanthocybium solandri

Family: Scombridae

Ecology: They live at sea, swimming near the surface or at mid-water, solitary or in small shoals. Feed on fish and squid.

Geographical Distribution: They live in all tropical and subtropical seas, is common throughout the Brazilian coast.

Description: Body elongate, fusiform and slightly compressed laterally. Back blue-green, with metallic luster. Flanks and belly silvery. It has about 24 to 30 tracks dark vertical on the back and sides. The fins are bluish. The dorsal fins are slightly separated. It has 3 dermal keels on caudal peduncle. The lateral line has a ripple after pectoral fin