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Caranx Lacepède, 1801

AphiaID

125936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125936)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Caranx carangua Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

Parent

Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815

Orig. name

Caranx Lacepède, 1801

Synonymised names

Carangus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)

Caranx (Carangus) Griffith [or Griffith & Smith], 1834 · unaccepted

Carnax · unaccepted (misspelling)

Carynx · unaccepted (misspelling)

Paratractus Gill, 1862 · unaccepted

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Species Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier, 1833
Species Caranx bucculentus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877
Species Caranx caballus Günther, 1868
Species Caranx caninus Günther, 1867
Species Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Species Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007
Species Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830)
Species Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831
Species Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860
Species Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833
Species Caranx papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877
Species Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
Species Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)
Species Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833
Species Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Species Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833
Species Caranx vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Caranx adscensionis (Osbeck, 1771) accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx affinis Rüppell, 1836 accepted as Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883 accepted as Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833 (synonym)
Species Caranx ajax (Snyder, 1904) accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) (junior synonym)
Species Caranx alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) accepted as Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Species Caranx altissimus Jordan & Seale, 1905 accepted as Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx amblyrhynchus Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx amia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caranx analis Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx angolensis Fowler, 1919 accepted as Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
Species Caranx antilliarum Bennett, 1840 accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caranx armatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Carangoides ciliarius (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx armatus (Rüppell, 1830) accepted as Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830) (synonym)
Species Caranx ascensionis Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860
Species Caranx atrimanus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864)
Species Caranx atropus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Atropus atropos (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx auriga De Vis, 1884 accepted as Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx aurochs (Ogilby, 1915) accepted as Ulua aurochs (Ogilby, 1915)
Species Caranx auroguttatus Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Carangoides bajad (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx bajad (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Carangoides bajad (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx bartholomoei Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Caranx belengerii Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Species Caranx bicolor Günther, 1860 accepted as Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860)
Species Caranx blochii Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Species Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx brevicarinatus Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Carangoides plagiotaenia Bleeker, 1857
Species Caranx butuanensis Seale, 1910 accepted as Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Species Caranx carangua Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)
Species Caranx carangus (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caranx celetus Smith, 1968 accepted as Caranx papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877
Species Caranx cestus Richardson, 1846 accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx cheilio (Snyder, 1904) accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx chilensis Guichenot, 1848 accepted as Pseudocaranx chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)
Species Caranx chrysophrys Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx ciliaris Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx ciliaris (Rüppell, 1830) accepted as Carangoides ciliarius (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx ciliarius Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830) (misspelling)
Species Caranx cives De Vis, 1884 accepted as Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx coeruleopinnatus Rüppell, 1830 accepted as Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx compressus MacLeay, 1883 accepted as Pantolabus radiatus (MacLeay, 1881)
Species Caranx compressus Day, 1871 accepted as Carangoides plagiotaenia Bleeker, 1857 (synonym)
Species Caranx crumenophtalmus (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) (misspelling)
Species Caranx crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Species Caranx cuvieri Lowe, 1838 accepted as Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Caranx cynodon Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833
Species Caranx dasson Jordan & Snyder, 1907 accepted as Carangoides equula (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Species Caranx daubentonii Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Species Caranx deani Jordan & Seale, 1905 accepted as Carangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851
Species Caranx declivis Jenyns, 1841 accepted as Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841)
Species Caranx defensor DeKay, 1842 accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caranx delicatissimus Döderlein, 1884 accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx dinema (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Carangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851
Species Caranx djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx djedabba (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
Species Caranx djeddaba (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
Species Caranx dorsalis (Gill, 1863) accepted as Carangoides otrynter (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
Species Caranx dumerili Risso, 1810 accepted as Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)
Species Caranx ecclipsifer De Vis, 1884 accepted as Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx edentulus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 accepted as Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx ekala Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx elacate (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) accepted as Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (synonym)
Species Caranx emburyi (Whitley, 1932) accepted as Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx equula Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Carangoides equula (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Species Caranx erythrurus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caranx esculentus (Girard, 1859) accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831
Species Caranx ferdau (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx flavocoeruleus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Species Caranx formosanus Jordan & Snyder, 1908 accepted as Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Caranx forsteri Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Species Caranx fosteri Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Species Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx frontalis Poey, 1860 accepted as Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860
Species Caranx fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 accepted as Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) (synonym)
Species Caranx georgianus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx gilberti Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870 accepted as Caranx caballus Günther, 1868
Species Caranx glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caranx goreensis (Cuvier, 1833) accepted as Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Species Caranx gracilis (Ogilby, 1915) accepted as Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909 accepted as Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860)
Species Caranx gymnostethoides (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx gymnostethus Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx hedlandensis (Whitley, 1934) accepted as Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley, 1934)
Species Caranx helvolus (Forster, 1801) accepted as Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801)
Species Caranx hemigymnostethus (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx hippus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling)
Species Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909 accepted as Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)
Species Caranx humerosus McCulloch, 1915 accepted as Carangoides humerosus (McCulloch, 1915)
Species Caranx ignoblis (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Caranx ire Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Carangoides praeustus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Caranx ishikawai Wakiya, 1924 accepted as Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860
Species Caranx jacobaeus Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833) (synonym)
Species Caranx jacobeus Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)
Species Caranx kalla Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Caranx kiliche Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx kleinii (Bloch, 1793) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx koheru Hector, 1875 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx kurra Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx laticaudis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx leptolepis Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx lessonii Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx leucurus Günther, 1864 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx luna Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx lutescens (Richardson & Solander, 1843) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx macarellus Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx macrophthalmus Rüppell, 1830 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Caranx macrurus (Bleeker, 1851) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx malam (Bleeker, 1851) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx mandibularis MacLeay, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx marginatus (Gill, 1863) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx marginatus (Schlegel, 1862) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx maruadsi Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx mate Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx medusicola Jordan & Starks, 1895 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx melampyges Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Caranx melanosaurus Cocco, 1839 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx melanostethos Day, 1865 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx mentalis Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx mertensii Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx microbrachium Fowler, 1934 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx microchir Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx micropterus Rüppell, 1836 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx miyakamii Wakiya, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx muroadsi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx nigripinnis Day, 1876 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx nobilis MacLeay, 1881 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx oblongus Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx orthogrammus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx oshimai Wakiya, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx otrynter Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx panamensis Gill, 1863 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx para Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx parasitus Garman, 1903 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx paraspistes Richardson, 1848 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx pectoralis Chu & Cheng, 1958 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx peronii Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx peruanus Tschudi, 1846 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx pescadorensis (Oshima, 1924) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx pinnulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx pisquetus Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Caranx plagiotaenia (Bleeker, 1857) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx platessa Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx plumieri (Bloch, 1793) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx praeustus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx procaranx De Vis, 1884 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx punctatus Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx radiatus MacLeay, 1881 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx regularis Garman, 1903 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx rhoncus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx ronchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Caranx rottleri (Bloch, 1793) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx russelli Rüppell, 1830 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx sanctaehelenae Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx sansun (Forsskål, 1775) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx schlegeli Wakiya, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx scombrinus Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Caranx secundus Poey, 1860 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Caranx sem Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx senegalus Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Caranx sexfaciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Caranx solea Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx stellatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx suareus Risso, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx symmetricus Ayres, 1855 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx talamparoides (Bleeker, 1852) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx tanakai Wakiya, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx tenebrosus Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx thompsoni Seale, 1905 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx tile Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Caranx torvus Jenyns, 1841 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Caranx trecae (Cadenat, 1950) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx typus (Bleeker, 1853) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx uii Wakiya, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx valenciennei Castelnau, 1873 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx vari Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx vomerinus Playfair, 1867 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx williamsi Smith, 1968 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931) (unaccepted)
Species Caranx xanthopygus Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx xanthurus Cuvier, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Caranx gallus (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Caranx Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125936 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2024-03-01 20:15:27Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 57 [details]