Occurrence: native
Maximum length: 122.1 cm TL; 110 FL
Water type: marine
Environment: pelagic-oceanic
Depth range: 0-260 m
Migration: oceanodromous
IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2011)
Source: bibliography, observation
Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan in tropical and warm-temperate waters. Not found in the Black Sea. Caught by the artisanal and industrial fishery, during the dry season (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.