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Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815

113597  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:113597)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. 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 Belgocaranx Taverne, Van Simaeys & Steurbaut, 2006 †
  6. Genus Campogramma Regan, 1903
  7. Genus Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  8. Genus Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  9. Genus Chloroscombrus Girard, 1858
  10. Genus Craterograthus Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  11. Genus Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
  12. Genus Ductor Agassiz, 1835 †
  13. Genus Elagatis Bennett, 1840
  14. Genus Euprepocaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  15. Genus Flavocaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  16. Genus Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850
  17. Genus Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862
  18. Genus Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  19. Genus Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851
  20. Genus Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
  21. Genus Oligoplites Gill, 1863
  22. Genus Pantolabus Whitley, 1931
  23. Genus Paraselene Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  24. Genus Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  25. Genus Parona Berg, 1895
  26. Genus Platycaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022
  27. Genus Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  28. Genus Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801
  29. Genus Selar Bleeker, 1851
  30. Genus Selaroides Bleeker, 1851
  31. Genus Selene Lacepède, 1802
  32. Genus Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  33. Genus Seriolina Wakiya, 1924
  34. Genus Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  35. Genus Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810
  36. Genus Ulua Jordan & Snyder, 1908
  37. Genus Uraspis Bleeker, 1855
  38. Genus Absalom Whitley, 1937 accepted as Pantolabus Whitley, 1931
  39. Genus Acanthinion Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  40. Genus Acanthinium Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  41. Genus Alectes accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 (misspelling)
  42. Genus Alectrus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  43. Genus Alepis Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Alepes Swainson, 1839
  44. Genus Apalectus Gray, 1842 accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  45. Genus Apolectis Swainson, 1839 accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  46. Genus Apolectus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864 (synonym)
  47. Genus Argyneosus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  48. Genus Argyregosus Schomburgk, 1848 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  49. Genus Argyreios Duméril, 1805 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  50. Genus Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  51. Genus Argyreosus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  52. Genus Argyreyosus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  53. Genus Argyriosus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
  54. Genus Argyrius Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Selene Lacepède, 1802
  55. Genus Baillonus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  56. Genus Bassetina Whitley, 1941 accepted as Uraspis Bleeker, 1855
  57. Genus Blepharichthys Gill, 1861 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  58. Genus Blepharis Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  59. Genus Bothrolaemus Holbrook, 1855 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  60. Genus Branchialepes Fowler, 1938 accepted as Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810
  61. Genus Branchialepis Fowler, 1938 accepted as Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810
  62. Genus Buphthalmus Smith, 1959 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  63. Genus Caesiomorus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  64. Genus Carangichthys Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  65. Genus Carangops Gill, 1862 accepted as Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862
  66. Genus Carangulus Jordan & Evermann, 1927 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  67. Genus Carangus Girard, 1858 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
  68. Genus Carangus Griffith & Smith, 1834 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  69. Genus Carnax accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
  70. Genus Carynx accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
  71. Genus Centrnotus accepted as Centronotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Pholis Scopoli, 1777 (misspelling)
  72. Genus Centronotus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
  73. Genus Cesiomorus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  74. Genus Charanx Swainson, 1839 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  75. Genus Chloroscombris accepted as Chloroscombrus Girard, 1858
  76. Genus Chorinemus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
  77. Genus Citula Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  78. Genus Citula Risso, 1820 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  79. Genus Citulus Griffith in Cuvier, 1835 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  80. Genus Coesiomorus Duméril, 1805 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  81. Genus Decaptus Poey, 1861 accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840
  82. Genus Dekapterus Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
  83. Genus Doliodon Girard, 1858 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  84. Genus Egalatis accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840 (misspelling)
  85. Genus Elaphrotoxon Fowler, 1905 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  86. Genus Elegatis accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840 (misspelling)
  87. Genus Elegatus accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840 (misspelling)
  88. Genus Eleria Jordan & Seale, 1905 accepted as Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801
  89. Genus Eustomatodus Gill, 1862 accepted as Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
  90. Genus Evepigymnus Gill, 1862 accepted as Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
  91. Genus Ferdauia Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya in Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851 (synonym)
  92. Genus Formio Whitley in McCulloch, 1929 accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  93. Genus Gallichthys Agassiz, 1845 accepted as Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 (misspelling)
  94. Genus Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 (synonym)
  95. Genus Gallus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  96. Genus Glaucus Walbaum, 1792 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  97. Genus Glaucus Klein, 1775 (Published in a non-binomial work (Eschmeyer))
  98. Genus Glaucus Jordan & Hubbs, 1917 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  99. Genus Glaucus Gouan, 1770 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  100. Genus Glaucus Fowler, 1906 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  101. Genus Glaucus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  102. Genus Gnathandon accepted as Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling)
  103. Genus Gnathodon Oken, 1816 accepted as Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling)
  104. Genus Gnathonodon accepted as Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling)
  105. Genus Guaperva Plumier in Lacepède, 1802 (Mentioned in passing in synonymy without description)
  106. Genus Gymnepignathus Gill, 1862 accepted as Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
  107. Genus Halatractus Gill, 1863 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  108. Genus Hildebrandella Nichols, 1950 accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864
  109. Genus Hipodys Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  110. Genus Hynnis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
  111. Genus Hypacantha Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  112. Genus Hypacanthe Carus, 1893 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  113. Genus Hypacanthus Agassiz, 1845 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816
  114. Genus Hypacantus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816 (synonym)
  115. Genus Hypachantus accepted as Hypacantus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lichia Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
  116. Genus Hypocaranx Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850
  117. Genus Hypodis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  118. Genus Irex Valenciennes, 1862 accepted as Elagatis Bennett, 1840
  119. Genus Kaiwarinus Suzuki, 1962 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  120. Genus Lateroscultatus de Buen, 1926 (Not a generic name (Eschmeyer))
  121. Genus Laterosquamatus de Buen, 1926 (Not a generic name (Eschmeyer))
  122. Genus Leioglossus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Ulua Jordan & Snyder, 1908
  123. Genus Leptaspis Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Selaroides Bleeker, 1851
  124. Genus Leptoligoplites Fowler, 1944 accepted as Oligoplites Gill, 1863
  125. Genus Leucoglossa Jordan & Evermann in Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Uraspis Bleeker, 1855
  126. Genus Longirostrum Wakiya, 1924 accepted as Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
  127. Genus Magalaspis accepted as Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  128. Genus Megalapsis accepted as Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  129. Genus Micropteryx Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1831 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  130. Genus Nauclerus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
  131. Genus Naucratopsis Gill, 1863 accepted as Seriola Cuvier, 1816
  132. Genus Olisthus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  133. Genus Olistus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
  134. Genus Orcynus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Scomberoides Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
  135. Genus Palinurichthyes accepted as Palinurichthys Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859 (misspelling)
  136. Genus Palinurichthys Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859
  137. Genus Palinurichthys Gill, 1860 accepted as Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859 (synonym)
  138. Genus Pampanoa Fowler, 1906 accepted as Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
  139. Genus Parastromaeus accepted as Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864 (misspelling)
  140. Genus Paratractus Gill, 1862 accepted as Caranx Lacepède, 1801
  141. Genus Paropsis Jenyns, 1841 accepted as Parona Berg, 1895
  142. Genus Platysomus Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted)
  143. Genus Platyuraspis Fowler, 1938 (unaccepted)
  144. Genus Pompilus Minding, 1832 (unaccepted)
  145. Genus Porthmeus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 (unaccepted)
  146. Genus Psendocaranx (unaccepted, misspelling)
  147. Genus Rastrum Fowler, 1904 (unaccepted)
  148. Genus Regificola Whitley, 1931 (unaccepted)
  149. Genus Rhaphiolepis Fowler, 1905 (unaccepted)
  150. Genus Rhomboida Browne, 1789 (unaccepted)
  151. Genus Scomeroides (unaccepted, misspelling)
  152. Genus Scyris Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted)
  153. Genus Selariodes (unaccepted, misspelling)
  154. Genus Selenia Bonaparte, 1846 (unaccepted)
  155. Genus Seriolichthys Bleeker, 1854 (unaccepted)
  156. Genus Solagmedens Bauchot & Blanc, 1963 (unaccepted)
  157. Genus Suareus Dardignac & Vincent in Furnestin, Dardignac, Maurin, Vincent, Coupé & Boutière, 1958 (unaccepted)
  158. Genus Thynnus Gronow in Gray, 1854 (unaccepted, synonym)
  159. Genus Trachinus Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted, synonym)
  160. Genus Trachiurops (unaccepted, misspelling)
  161. Genus Trachurops Gill, 1862 (unaccepted, synonym)
  162. Genus Trachurus Plumier in Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted, Stenothoe gallensis doesnot occur in the Mediterranean, most probably it is Stenothoe cattai Stebbing, 1906 and this species is NOT introduced)
  163. Genus Trachurus Gronow in Gray, 1854 (unaccepted, synonym)
  164. Genus Trachynotus Agassiz, 1846 (unaccepted, misspelling)
  165. Genus Trachyurus Agassiz, 1846 (unaccepted)
  166. Genus Tracorus Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted)
  167. Genus Trichopterus Agassiz, 1845 (unaccepted)
  168. Genus Tricropterus Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted)
  169. Genus Turrum Whitley, 1932 (unaccepted)
  170. Genus Ulna (unaccepted, misspelling)
  171. Genus Usa Whitley, 1927 (unaccepted)
  172. Genus Usacaranx Whitley, 1931 (unaccepted)
  173. Genus Vexillicaranx Fowler, 1905 (unaccepted)
  174. Genus Vomer Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted)
  175. Genus Xurel Jordan & Evermann, 1927 (unaccepted)
  176. Genus Xystophorus Richardson, 1845 (unaccepted)
  177. Genus Zalocys Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (unaccepted)
  178. Genus Zamora Whitley, 1931 (unaccepted)
  179. Genus Zonichthys Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted)
  180. Genus Saurus Browne, 1789 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89).)
  181. Genus Uylyaichthys Prokofiev, 2002 † (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2023). Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113597 on 2025-09-12
Date
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2023-05-20 14:33:10Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional 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] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Carangidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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