Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, Carolus. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. I, No. 1, Edito duodecima, reformata: 1-532.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Perciformes: family
Carangidae: genus
Caranx: species
Caranx hippos

Name

Synonyms: Carangus esculentus Girard, 1859; Carangus hippos (Linnaeus, 1766); Caranx antilliarum Bennett, 1840; Caranx carangua Lacepède, 1801; Caranx carangus (Bloch, 1793); Caranx defensor DeKay, 1842; Caranx erythrurus Lacepède, 1801; Caranx esculentus (Girard, 1859); Caranx hippos caninus Günther, 1867; Caranx hippos hippos; Caranx hippos tropicus Nichols, 1920; Caranx hippus (Linnaeus, 1766); Carnax hippos (Linnaeus, 1766); Scomber carangus Bloch, 1793; Scomber hippos Linnaeus, 1766; Trachurus cordyla Gronow, 1854
Homonyms: Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names: Black Cavalli in English; Black Cavalli in English; Black-tailed Trevally in English; Black-tailed Trevally in English; Blacktailed Trevally in English; Blacktailed Trevally in English; Blue Runner in English; Cabali in English; Cabali in English; Caballa in Spanish; Cabalo in English; Cabalo in English; Camard in French; Carango cavallo in Italian; Carangue in English; Carangue in French; Carangue Macoque in French; Carangue crevalle in French; Carangue crevalle in French; Cavalla in German; Cavalla in German; Cavalli in French; Charo-largo in Portuguese; Chumbo in Spanish; Coa in Portuguese; Cocinero in Spanish; Common Jack in English; Corcoba Blanco in language.; Couvalli in French; Couvalli Jack in English; Couvalli Jack in English; Crevalle in French; Crevalle in French; Crevalle in English; Crevalle Jack in English; Crevalle Jack in English; Crevalle Toro in French; Crevalle jack in English; Crevalle jack in English; Crevelle Jack in English; Crevelle Jack in English; Enxareu-macoa in Portuguese; Grande Carangue in French; Green Jack in English; Green Jack in English; Hevospiikkimakrilli in Finnish; Horse Crevalle in English; Horse Crevalle in English; Horse Eye Cavaly in English; Horse Mackerel in English

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