BrackishSaltwater
Castin leatherjacket
Oligoplites saliens
Carangidae, Scomberoidinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 50 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,657 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, French Guiana, Grenada, and 8 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Adults are found over soft bottoms of the continental shelf, often inshore and in estuaries. Also pelagic and encountered throughout the water column. May feed on plankton by ram-filtering. Juveniles feed mainly on planktonic crustaceans and chaetognaths, to a minor extent on benthic crustaceans and polychaetes, besides scales taken from larger fishes. Mature females generally spawn in summer. Eggs are pelagic. Marketed mostly fresh.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Chorinemus guaribira
- Oligoplites calcar
- Scomber calcar
- Scomber saliens
- Scomberoides saltator
In other languages
- Castin leatherjack, Jack, Leatherjack, Runner, Zapate
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.