Alectis ciliaris
(Bloch, 1787) · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Alectis ciliaris's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 086 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 016 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI68 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics83 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The African pompano (Alectis ciliaris), also known as the pennant-fish or threadfin trevally, is a widely distributed species of tropical marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is found in tropical waters worldwide, with adults often inhabiting coastlines, while juveniles are usually pelagic, floating with ocean currents. The adult Africanus pompanus is similar in appearance to the other members of the genus Alectis, with the concave shape of the head near the eyes; the clearest distinguishing feature. The juveniles are similar to other members of Alectis, having long, filamentous dorsal and anal fin tips which are thought to discourage predators. The species lives in depths less than 100 m, consuming a range of crustaceans and small fishes. The species is of minor economic importance, often taken amongst other tropical midwater fishes by hook and line, while juveniles are occasionally caught in beach seines. African pompano are also highly rated game fish, often considered one of the strongest of the jacks in larger sizes.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology2
Habitat & environment2
Uses & economy1
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Alectis ciliaris across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds6 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| [(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-4-acetyloxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-[5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-4-acetyloxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(2S)-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-2,3-dihydrochromen-7-yl]oxy]oxan-2-yl]methyl (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(3S,4S,6S)-6-[5-[5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-3-[(2S,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-yl]-2-hydroxyphenoxy]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl (E)-4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)but-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(3S,4S,6S)-6-[5-[5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-3-[(2S,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-yl]-2-hydroxyphenoxy]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl (E)-4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)but-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| Apiumetrin | present | LOTUS | |
| Quercetin 7-rutinoside | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alectis ciliaris has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type4 102 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions24 of 64 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record | 104 |
| CASlocation not on record | 45 |
| Washington, US | 44 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 41 |
| Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record | 32 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 32 |
| Natick, US | 32 |
| Sydney, AU | 32 |
| South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record | 23 |
| Cambridge, US | 23 |
| Los Angeles, US | 20 |
| University of Texas Biodiversity Collections (UTBC)location not on record | 19 |
| Paris, FR | 19 |
| University of California San Diegolocation not on record | 19 |
| Cincinnati, US | 18 |
| National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record | 14 |
| Mutare Museumlocation not on record | 12 |
| Chicago, US | 11 |
| FishBaselocation not on record | 10 |
| Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record | 10 |
| Museums Victorialocation not on record | 9 |
| Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record | 8 |
| SEAOBISlocation not on record | 7 |
| DEWlocation not on record | 7 |
| Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record | 7 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 6 |
| Western Australian Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| Fisheries Research Laboratory, Mie Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Toronto, CA | 4 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Geneva, CH | 3 |
| University of Nebraskalocation not on record | 3 |
| Vancouver, CA | 3 |
| Yokosuka City Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universiti Malaysia Terengganulocation not on record | 3 |
| Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| 2 | |
| Montgomery, US | 2 |
| Food Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisherieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of Technologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Sonora Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Oceanográfico del Pacífico, Secretaría de Marinalocation not on record | 1 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 1 |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alabamalocation not on record | 1 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 1 |
| Australian Institute of Marine Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Centro Regional de Investigación Acuícola y Pesquera, Bahía de Banderas, Instituto Nacional de Pescalocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Minnesota, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Alectis ciliaris was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.