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  • English
    • Rainbow Runner
  • Scientific names
    • Elagatis bipinnulatus
    • Elagatis bipinnulata

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What

Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata

Observer

davidr

Date

Jan 10, 2011
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Observer

davidr

Date

Jul 5, 2006

Place

Niihau, HI (Google, OSM)
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Description from Wikipedia

The rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata), also known as the rainbow yellowtail, Spanish jack and Hawaiian salmon, is a common species of pelagic marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the world, inhabiting both coastal as well as far offshore areas. The species is the only member of the genus Elagatis, which was created 15 years after its initial description, and is closely related to the...

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