{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Distinguish|text=the milk-cap mushroom genus ''Lactarius''}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Eocene|recent}} | image = Lactarius lactarius 02.jpg | image_caption = Lactarius lactarius | display_parents = 3 | grandparent_authority = Boulenger, 1904 <ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230}}</ref> | parent_authority = Valenciennes, 1833<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record |genid=1353|title=Lactarius|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> | genus = Lactarius (fish) | species = lactarius | authority = (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | synonyms = Genus: * ''Platylepes'' <small>Swainson, 1839</small> Species: * ''Scomber lactarius'' <small>Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801</small> * ''Lactarius delicatulus'' <small>Valenciennes, 1833</small> * ''Lactarius burmanicus'' <small>Lloyd, 1907</small> }}
The '''false trevally''' ('''''Lactarius lactarius''''') is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase|genus=Lactarius|species=lactarius|month=October|year=2013}}</ref>
==Distribution== The false trevally is native to the Indian Ocean and from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Queensland, Australia. It is a coastal species, occurring in marine and brackish waters at depths of from {{cvt|15|to|100|m|ft}}. It is an important species to local commercial fisheries.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Description== This fish is colored silvery-grey on the upper parts with blue iridescence dorsally and a dusky black spot on the upper gill cover. The underparts are colored silvery-white. The fins are pale yellow. This species can reach a length of {{cvt|40|cm|in}}, though most do not exceed {{cvt|30|cm|in}}.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Lactarius lactarius mangaluru.jpg|''Lactarius lactarius'' File:FalseTrevally.jpg|False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center, Andhra Pradesh, India File:FalseTrevally 2.jpg|Close-up of False trevallies in Visakhapatnam Landing Center Lactarius delicatulus Ford 53.jpg|False trevally illustration </gallery>
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Category:Carangiformes Category:Extant Eocene first appearances Category:Fish described in 1801
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