View source for False trevally

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}
{{Distinguish|text=the milk-cap mushroom genus ''[[Lactarius]]''}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Eocene|recent}}
| image = Lactarius lactarius 02.jpg
| image_caption = Lactarius lactarius
| display_parents = 3
| grandparent_authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1904 <ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230}}</ref>
| parent_authority = [[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1833<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record |genid=1353|title=Lactarius|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>
| genus = Lactarius (fish)
| species = lactarius
| authority = ([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] & [[Johann Gottlob Schneider|J. G. Schneider]], 1801)
| synonyms = Genus:
* ''Platylepes'' <small>Swainson, 1839</small>
Species:
* ''Scomber lactarius'' <small>Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801</small>
* ''Lactarius delicatulus'' <small>Valenciennes, 1833</small>
* ''Lactarius burmanicus'' <small>Lloyd, 1907</small>
}}
The '''false trevally''' ('''''Lactarius lactarius''''') is a species of [[Carangiformes|carangiform]] [[ray-finned fish]] in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase|genus=Lactarius|species=lactarius|month=October|year=2013}}</ref>
==Distribution==
The false trevally is native to the [[Indian Ocean]] and from [[East Africa]] to [[Southeast Asia]], and in the western [[Pacific Ocean]] from [[Japan]] to [[Queensland, Australia]].  It is a coastal species, occurring in marine and [[brackish]] waters at depths of from {{cvt|15|to|100|m|ft}}. It is an important species to local [[commercial fisheries]].<ref name=FishBase/>
==Description==
This fish is colored silvery-grey on the upper parts with blue iridescence dorsally and a dusky black spot on the upper gill cover. The underparts are colored silvery-white.  The fins are pale yellow. This species can reach a length of {{cvt|40|cm|in}}, though most do not exceed {{cvt|30|cm|in}}.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Gallery==
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File:FalseTrevally.jpg|False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center, Andhra Pradesh, India
File:FalseTrevally 2.jpg|False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center, Andhra Pradesh, India
Lactarius delicatulus Ford 53.jpg|False trevally illustration
</gallery>
==References==
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[[Category:Carangiformes]]
[[Category:Extant Eocene first appearances]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1801]]
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