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Caranx caballus Günther, 1868

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1868). An account of the fishes of the states of Central America based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14): 377-494, Pls. 63-87.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Carangidae
genus
Caranx
species
Caranx caballus

Name

Synonyms
Carangoides caballus (Günther, 1868)
Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870
Trachurus boops Girard, 1858
Homonyms
Caranx caballus Günther, 1868
Common names
Bonito in Spanish
Burique in Spanish
Caballa in Spanish
Caballa Jurel in Spanish
Caballo in Spanish
Carangue verte in French
Carangue verte in French
Cavalleta in Spanish
Chumbo in Spanish
Cocinero in Spanish
Cocinero Dorado in Spanish
Cocinero Verde in Spanish
Cojinoa in Spanish
Cojinua in Spanish
Cojinua Chata in Spanish
Dorado in Spanish
Green Jack in English
Green jack in English
Grøn hestemakrel in Danish
Jack in English
Jurel in Spanish
Jurel Dorado in Spanish
Jurel Verde in Spanish
Palometa Dorada in Spanish
Xaréu-mexicano in Portuguese
green jack in English
green jack in English
jurel bonito in Spanish
jurel bonito in Spanish
jurel bonito in Spanish
kranas zelenavý in Czech
大馬鰺 in Chinese
Green Jack in English
Bonito in Spanish
Burique in Spanish
Caballa in Spanish
Caballa Jurel in Spanish
Caballo in Spanish
Carangue Verte in French
Cavalleta in Spanish
Chumbo in Spanish
Cocinero in Spanish
Cocinero Dorado in Spanish
Cojinoa in Spanish
Cojinua in Spanish
Cojinua Chata in Spanish
Dorado in Spanish
Jack in English
Jurel in Spanish
Jurel Bonito in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Günther, A. (1868). An account of the fishes of the states of Central America based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14): 377-494, Pls. 63-87.
  3. Kong et al. 1985, Kong & Bolados 1987, Sielfeld et al. 2010.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Mundy, Bruce C., 2005: Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, No. 6. 1-703.
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  7. Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez, et al., eds., 2023: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37. vii + 439.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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