Schooling and feeding whats? (Palau)

[Cacia]

 

[rickydazla]

The top ones I always called Indian mackerel but I just got a book by Neville Coleman who I firmly beleive is The Man and he calls them Long-Jawed Mackerel. We get them in fast moving water all over Fiji in big schools and in much smaller groups everywhere else...

Rastrelliger kanagurta

 

[Quero]

Look at all those open mouths! They look to me like schooling jacks (or better, jack or tuna family)--maybe Lng-jawed mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) for the top one? And maybe Rainbow Runners for the bottom one (Elegatis bipinnulatus)? Or are both shots the same school from different angles?

 

[Cacia]

hey! long time , no talk.

yes, both schools the same, look like Rickydazla's too.

Fun to watch, their mouths open like trap doors and the school goes up and down very fast.

 

[AlaskaDiver]

Yep, Rastrelliger kanagurta. The local Palauans call it Smach

 

[Cacia]

thanks!