BASSAR - بسار - RAINBOW RUNNER
| Environment / Climate / Range | Adults usually occur in small groups, inhabiting coastal waters, frequently near coral assemblages and offshore islands. They feed on fishes, cephalopods, small invertebrates, and other pelagic prey. |
| Distribution | The species is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa to the western Pacific, north to Japan, and south to Australia |
| Size / Weight / Age | It reaches a length of up to 120 cm and about 18 kg in weight. |
| Short description | The body is strongly compressed and elongated, with a dorsal profile that is more convex than the ventral profile. The mouth is very large. Posterior dorsal and anal-fin rays are semidetached finlets; anterior parts of the second dorsal and anal fins are elevated, and the caudal fin is strongly forked. Head and body coloration is bluish grey above the lateral line, with a series of five to eight large vertically oblong spots. The body below the lateral line is silvery to brassy yellow |
| Biology | Adults usually occur in small groups, inhabiting coastal waters, frequently near coral assemblages and offshore islands. They feed on fishes, cephalopods, small invertebrates, and other pelagic prey. |
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