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Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815

125523  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125523)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Carangiformes (Order)
  11. Carangidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  2. Genus Alepes Swainson, 1839
  3. Genus Atropus Oken, 1817
  4. Genus Atule Jordan & Jordan, 1922
  5. Genus Campogramma Regan, 1903
  6. Genus Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  7. Genus Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  8. Genus Chloroscombrus Girard, 1858
  9. Genus Craterognathus Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  10. Genus Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
  11. Genus Elagatis Bennett, 1840
  12. Genus Euprepocaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  13. Genus Flavocaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  14. Genus Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850
  15. Genus Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862
  16. Genus Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  17. Genus Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851
  18. Genus Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
  19. Genus Oligoplites Gill, 1863
  20. Genus Pantolabus Whitley, 1931
  21. Genus Paraselene Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  22. Genus Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  23. Genus Parona Berg, 1895
  24. Genus Platycaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  25. Genus Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  26. Genus Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801
  27. Genus Selar Bleeker, 1851
  28. Genus Selaroides Bleeker, 1851
  29. Genus Selene Lacepède, 1802
  30. Genus Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  31. Genus Seriolina Wakiya, 1924
  32. Genus Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  33. Genus Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810
  34. Genus Ulua Jordan & Snyder, 1908
  35. Genus Uraspis Bleeker, 1855
  36. Genus Absalom Whitley, 1937 accepted as Pantolabus Whitley, 1931
  37. Genus Alectes accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 (misspelling)
  38. Genus Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  39. Genus Argyriosus accepted as Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
  40. Genus Bassetina Whitley, 1941 accepted as Uraspis Bleeker, 1855
  41. Genus Blepharichthys Gill, 1861 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  42. Genus Blepharis Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  43. Genus Caesiomorus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  44. Genus Carangichthys Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  45. Genus Carangus Girard, 1858 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
  46. Genus Carnax accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
  47. Genus Carynx accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
  48. Genus Centrnotus accepted as Centronotus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 (misspelling)
  49. Genus Chironemus Cuvier, 1832 accepted as Chorinemus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, not of Gill, 1862; lapsus calami in Kazmi and Naushaba (2013))
  50. Genus Citula Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  51. Genus Egalatis accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840 (misspelling)
  52. Genus Elegatis accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840 (misspelling)
  53. Genus Elegatus accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840 (misspelling)
  54. Genus Ferdauia Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya in Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851 (synonym)
  55. Genus Formio Whitley, 1929 accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  56. Genus Gallichthys accepted as Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 (misspelling)
  57. Genus Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 (synonym)
  58. Genus Gallus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  59. Genus Glaucus Bleeker (ex Klein), 1863 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  60. Genus Gnathodon accepted as Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling)
  61. Genus Gnathonodon accepted as Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling)
  62. Genus Halatractus Gill, 1863 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  63. Genus Hynnis Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  64. Genus Hypacantus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816 (synonym)
  65. Genus Hypachantus accepted as Hypacantus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
  66. Genus Irex Valenciennes, 1862 accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840
  67. Genus Kaiwarinus Suzuki, 1962 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  68. Genus Leucoglossa Jordan & Evermann, 1927 accepted as Uraspis Bleeker, 1855
  69. Genus Longirostrum Wakiya, 1924 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  70. Genus Magalaspis accepted as Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  71. Genus Megalapsis accepted as Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  72. Genus Micropteryx Agassiz, 1831 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  73. Genus Nauclerus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
  74. Genus Naucratopsis Gill, 1863 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  75. Genus Olistus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  76. Genus Palinurichthyes accepted as Palinurichthys Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859 (misspelling)
  77. Genus Palinurichthys Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859
  78. Genus Parastromaeus accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864 (misspelling)
  79. Genus Paratractus Gill, 1862 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  80. Genus Paropsis Jenyns, 1841 accepted as Parona Berg, 1895
  81. Genus Platysomus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  82. Genus Porthmeus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  83. Genus Regificola Whitley, 1931 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  84. Genus Scomeroides accepted as Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
  85. Genus Scyris Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  86. Genus Selariodes accepted as Selaroides Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  87. Genus Seriolichthys Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840
  88. Genus Solagmedens Bauchot & Blanc, 1963 accepted as Campogramma Regan, 1903
  89. Genus Suareus Dardignac & Vincent, 1958 accepted as Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810
  90. Genus Trachiurops accepted as Trachurops Gill, 1862 accepted as Selar Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  91. Genus Trachurops Gill, 1862 accepted as Selar Bleeker, 1851 (synonym)
  92. Genus Trachynotus accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
  93. Genus Turrum Whitley, 1932 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  94. Genus Ulna accepted as Ulua Jordan & Snyder, 1908 (misspelling)
  95. Genus Usacaranx Whitley, 1931 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  96. Genus Vomer Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  97. Genus Xurel Jordan & Evermann, 1927 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  98. Genus Zalocys Jordan & McGregor, 1898 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  99. Genus Zonichthys Swainson, 1839 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body generally compressed, although body shape...  
Description Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body generally compressed, although body shape extremely variable from very deep to fusiform. Most species with only small cycloid scales. Scales along lateral line often modified into spiny scutes. Detached finlets, as many as nine, sometimes found behind dorsal and anal fins. Large juveniles and adults with 2 dorsal fins. Anterior dorsal fin with 3-9 spines; the second having 1 spine and usually 18-37 soft rays. Anal spines usually 3, the first 2 separate from the rest; soft rays usually 15-31. Widely forked caudal fin. Caudal peduncle slender. Pelvic fins lacking in Parona signata. Vertebrae 24-27 (modally 24). One of the most important families of tropical marine fishes; fished commercially and for recreation. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125523 on 2025-07-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2021-06-30 10:22:35Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Description Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body generally compressed, although body shape extremely variable from very deep to fusiform. Most species with only small cycloid scales. Scales along lateral line often modified into spiny scutes. Detached finlets, as many as nine, sometimes found behind dorsal and anal fins. Large juveniles and adults with 2 dorsal fins. Anterior dorsal fin with 3-9 spines; the second having 1 spine and usually 18-37 soft rays. Anal spines usually 3, the first 2 separate from the rest; soft rays usually 15-31. Widely forked caudal fin. Caudal peduncle slender. Pelvic fins lacking in Parona signata. Vertebrae 24-27 (modally 24). One of the most important families of tropical marine fishes; fished commercially and for recreation. [details]
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English jacks and pompanos  [details]
German Stachelmakrelen  [details]
Japanese アジ科  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål hestmakrellfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk hestmakrellfamilien  [details]
Swedish taggmakrillfiskar  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carangidae) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carangidae FIN027432 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carangidae FIN027433 Slide 120 mm) 
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