Carangidae

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Animalia Chordata Perciformes Carangidae
Caranx caninus Günther, 1867

Caranx caninus Günther, 1867

Caranx caninus Günther, 1867

The Pacific crevalle jack, Caranx caninus, is a large jack fish found in eastern Pacific waters, fished commercially for food.

Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)

Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)

Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)

Caranx crysos, the blue runner, is an Atlantic jack fish found around floating structures, with widespread distribution across the ocean.

Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833

Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833

Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833

Caranx melampygus (bluefin trevally) is a widely distributed large marine carangid found across Indian and Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.

Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)

Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)

Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)

Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is a large apex predatory carangid fish distributed across Indo-Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.

Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877

Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877

Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877

Caranx papuensis, the brassy trevally, is a large widespread tropical jack fish found in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans.

Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007

Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007

Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007

Caranx fischeri, the longfin crevalle jack, is a large Atlantic jack species with poorly understood biology.

Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833)

Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833)

Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833)

Carangoides bartholomaei, or yellow jack, is a large Atlantic carangid fish with specific physical traits and preferred offshore habitats.

Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)

Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)

Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)

Selar crumenophthalmus, the bigeye scad, is a small nocturnal schooling fish caught commercially for food and used as bait.

Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)

Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)

Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)

Selar boops is a marine schooling fish with a large eye that is commercially fished across the Indo-Pacific.

Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)

Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)

Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)

Selene setapinnis, the Atlantic moonfish, is a compressed subtropical marine fish found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.

Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)

Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)

Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)

Selene vomer, the lookdown, is a scythe-finned marine fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Pseudocaranx dentex, the white trevally, is an edible carangid fish found across multiple oceans with a max length of 120 cm.

Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)

Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)

Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)

Alepes vari, the herring scad, is the largest species in the genus Alepes, found in shallow Indo-West Pacific coastal waters.

Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, is a predatory deep compressed carangid fish distributed across the world's tropical oceans.

Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)

Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)

Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)

Atule mate, the yellowtail scad, is a small Indo-Pacific coastal carangid fish with distinctive physical and habitat traits.

Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chloroscombrus chrysurus, the Atlantic bumper, is a distinctive marine fish found across Atlantic subtropical waters.

Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)

Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)

Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)

Decapterus macarellus, or mackerel scad, is a widely distributed ocean fish commonly used as food in many western Pacific island communities.

Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Decapterus punctatus, the round scad, is a cigar-shaped Atlantic fish that forms large shoals and feeds on small planktonic organisms.

Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875)

Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875)

Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875)

Decapterus koheru, or kōheru, is a ray-finned fish endemic to New Zealand that feeds on zooplankton and is caught by recreational anglers.

Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Gnathanodon speciosus, the golden trevally, is a large tropical Indo-Pacific carangid fish with distinctive golden coloration.

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Megalaspis cordyla, the torpedo scad, is a moderately large pelagic carangid fish found in Indo-West Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.

Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

Parastromateus niger, the black pomfret, is a commercially important Indo-Pacific carangid fish, the only member of its genus.

Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833)

Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833)

Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833)

Selaroides leptolepis (yellowstripe scad) is a small predatory schooling carangid fish found in Indo-West Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.

Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855)

Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855)

Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855)

Trachurus symmetricus, the Pacific jack mackerel, is a northeastern Pacific carangid fish harvested as food.

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