 A length of 7.5 cm is reached after the first year, and lengths of 12.3 cm, 16.0 cm and 18.8 cm after the second, third and fourth years, respectively.The whitefin trevally is a commercially important species in the waters off Japan, where it is known as , and of minor importance elsewhere throughout its range.For unknown reasons, the Japanese catch has decreased by half since the mid-1980s.