habitBody: Fusiform, stout, up to about 60 cm long. Tail short, caudal peduncle thin and strong, each side with a central elevated crest and 2 small lateral elevated crests, body more or less laterally compressed in cross section.
habitatThe main habitat is the outer sea, preferring to live in warmer, more saline waters, usually in the pelagic waters at depths of 0-50 meters, but also in deeper waters when feeding or migrating.
food properties: Feeds on small fish and invertebrates, such as sardines, herring, and other small fish, as well as shrimp and cephalopods, and often assembles in large schools to chase prey in high-speed swims.
migratory patternIt is an oceanic pelagic migratory species with certain seasonal migratory habits, migrating over long distances in response to changes in environmental factors such as water temperature and food, and appearing in different areas of the sea in different seasons. For example, during the spawning season, it swims to shallow sandy reefs at a depth of 30-50 meters, where the water quality is clear.
food valueFlat rudder skipjack tuna is a commercially important economic fish and is a resource-rich, low-value tuna that is marketed raw, canned, and frozen, and can also be processed for human consumption by drying, salting, and smoking.
Other valuesIn addition to its fish oil, which can be used in the production of health products and cosmetics, the flat ruddered booby is an important part of the marine ecosystem and is significant in maintaining the ecological balance of the oceans.