Smallspotted dart
Amazing fact
Small young smallspotted darts do not yet have the black spots seen in adults.
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Small young smallspotted darts do not yet have the black spots seen in adults.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Smallspotted dart
- Scientific name
- Trachinotus baillonii
- Japanese name
- コバンアジ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Trachinotus
Where the name “Smallspotted dart” comes from
The Japanese name kobanaji is said to come from its body resembling an old koban coin. Its scientific name honors Baillon, a French researcher of plants and animals.
鴨川シーワールドMuseums VictoriaIt lives in the seas of Japan from Iwate to the Ryukyu Islands, and off Taiwan, southern China and in the warm Indian and Pacific Oceans.
How the Smallspotted dart lives
It feeds mainly on crustaceans and bristle worms. Pairs or groups patrol reef edges and beaches near the surface. Young fish usually form schools in sheltered bays.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Hainan Island, Paracel Islands, Indian Ocean, and elsewhere
Where the Smallspotted dart has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- コバンアジ
- 简体中文
- 斐氏鲳鲹
- 繁體中文
- 斐氏鯧鰺
- 한국어
- 빨판매가리
- Français
- Pompaneau muscadin
- Deutsch
- Dreifleck Gabelmakrele
- Português (Brasil)
- Pampo-de-Baillon
- Italiano
- Leccia stella maculata
- العربية
- بنبان صغير النقط
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Lowang bintik
- Русский
- Азиатский трахинот
- ไทย
- ปลาล่องลมจุด
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — コバンアジChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鴨川シーワールド — Vol.253～コバンアジの幼魚～Checked: 2026-11-07
- Museums Victoria — Smallspotted Dart, Trachinotus baillonii (Lacépède 1801)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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