taxonID	type	description	language	source
C818B1A06C36525697D395056E3327F7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Decapterus smithvanizi: UPVMI 3059 through 3068, 10 specimens, 187.3 - 226.9 mm SL, Miagao Fish Market, Iloilo, Feb. - May 2020, E. Delloro and R. Babaran. Decapterus tabl: UPVMI 3069 through 3077, 10 specimens, 185.4 - 208.96 mm SL, Miagao Fish Market, Iloilo, May 2020, E. Delloro. Decapterus kurroides: 9 specimens, UPVMI 3078 through 3086, 166.7 - 191.3 mm SL, Miagao Fish Market, Iloilo, Feb. - May 2020, E. Delloro and R. Babaran.	en	Delloro, Emmanuel S. Jr., Babaran, Ricardo P., Gaje, Arnold C., Cambronero, Pearlyn T., Alama, Ulysses B., Motomura, Hiroyuki (2021): First record of slender red scad, Decapterus smithvanizi (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Carangidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 51 (3): 233-239, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63117, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63117
C818B1A06C36525697D395056E3327F7.taxon	description	Description. Body elongate, compressed, and comparatively slender, deepest between first dorsal and second dorsal fin. Dorsal and ventral profile body slightly convex from tip of snout to caudal-fin base. Mouth terminal, large; posterior tip of maxilla reaching vertical through anterior margin of eye; posterior tip of upper jaw not hooked. Interorbital space slightly convex, with scales. Predorsal scaly area extending to anterior margin of eye. Upper end of pectoral-fin base anterior to vertical through opercular margin; lower end of pectoral-fin base vertical through pelvic-fin origin. Pectoral fin asymmetrical, its posterior tip pointed, reaching beyond vertical through second dorsal-fin origin. Pelvic-fin origin anterior to vertical through dorsal-fin origin. First dorsal fin higher than second; single finlet present both dorsally and ventrally on caudal peduncle. Caudal fin forked; covered with small scales. Body scales small and ctenoid. Lateral line extends downwards from origin of second dorsal fin; running straight from middle of second dorsal fin to caudal-fin base; curved part longer than straight part, covered with ctenoid scales and scutes at posteriormost area; straight lateral line covered with scutes reaching beyond hypural bone. Head covered with scales, except snout area, mandible and anteroventral region of head; posteriormost end of scaly head region anterior to vertical through opercular margin; adipose eyelid developed. Teeth on jaws minute, two rows on upper jaw and single row on lower jaw. Lower jaw slightly protruding. Gill rakers slender, covered with spinules at inner surface. Color when fresh. Head and body bluish to pale black dorsally, pale white to silvery ventrolaterally; black blotch present on upper edge of opercle; both margins of dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins and finlet red with fine melanophores; anal fin, pelvic fins and ventral finlet pinkish to white with fine melanophores (Fig. 1 A). Color when preserved. Head and body greyish to brownish dorsolaterally, pale white ventrolaterally; black blotch present on upper edge of opercle; both margins of dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins and finlet brownish to dirty white with fine melanophores; anal fin, pelvic fins, and ventral finlet brownish to white with fine melanophores (Fig. 2 A-C).	en	Delloro, Emmanuel S. Jr., Babaran, Ricardo P., Gaje, Arnold C., Cambronero, Pearlyn T., Alama, Ulysses B., Motomura, Hiroyuki (2021): First record of slender red scad, Decapterus smithvanizi (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Carangidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 51 (3): 233-239, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63117, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63117
C818B1A06C36525697D395056E3327F7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Decapterus smithvanizi is distributed in the Andaman Sea, South China Sea, Indonesia, and the western coast of Thailand (Kimura et al. 2013), Taiwan (Smith-Vaniz et al. 2018 b), Japan (Iwatsubo et al. 2016; Hata and Motomura 2017), Myanmar (Psomadakis et al. 2020), and Pakistan (Psomadakis et al. 2015). Specimens were collected off Iloilo Province (Panay Island), Philippines. The specimens, used in this study, represent the first record from the Philippines.	en	Delloro, Emmanuel S. Jr., Babaran, Ricardo P., Gaje, Arnold C., Cambronero, Pearlyn T., Alama, Ulysses B., Motomura, Hiroyuki (2021): First record of slender red scad, Decapterus smithvanizi (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Carangidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 51 (3): 233-239, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63117, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63117
