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Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Carangidae
genus
Decapterus
species
Decapterus macarellus

Name

Synonyms
Caranx jacobaeus Cuvier, 1833
Caranx jacobeus Cuvier, 1833
Caranx macarellus Cuvier, 1833
Caranx pinnulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
Decapterus canonoides Jenkins, 1903
Decapterus jacobaeus (Cuvier, 1833)
Decapterus macarallus (Cuvier, 1833)
Decapterus pinnulatus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
Decapturus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)
Homonyms
Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)
Common names
'operu in Tahitian
'operu in Tahitian
'operu (Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa) in language.
'operu (Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou) in language.
Antonino in Spanish
Caballa in Spanish
Caballa Amarilla in Spanish
Caballa Azul in Spanish
Caballeta in Spanish
Caballeta Macarela in Spanish
Caballla Amarilla in Spanish
Carangue maquereau in French
Carangue maquereau in French
Carapau in Portuguese
Carapau Cavala in Portuguese
Carapau-cavala in Portuguese
Cavalinha in Portuguese
Cavalinha de Reis in Portuguese
Cavalinha-do-reis in Portuguese
Charro-olho-largo in Portuguese
Chicharro in Spanish
Chicharro-alamarim in Portuguese
Chicharro-calabar in Portuguese
Chicharro-cavala in Portuguese
Chuparaco in Spanish
Cigarfish in English
Cigarfish in English
Comète maquereau in French
Comète maquereau, Bancloche in French
Coulirou de canal in French
Garapau in Portuguese
Gulhalet hestemakrel in Danish
Indian Scad in English
Jurel Fino in Spanish
Kingston in English
Kingston in English
Kusaya-moro in Japanese
Kusayamoro in Japanese
Macarela in Spanish
Macarela Canalera in Spanish
Macarela caballa in Spanish
Macarella Cabala in Spanish
Mackerel in English
Mackerel in English
Mackerel Roundscad in English
Mackerel Scad in English
Mackerel Scad in English
Mackerel Scad in English
Makriau in French
Makriau, Maquereau in French

Bibliographic References

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  4. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Jacks: Family Carangidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 411-427.
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  7. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  8. Mundy, Bruce C., 2005: Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, No. 6. 1-703.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
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  12. 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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  14. Smith-Vaniz, W. F., 2016: Carangidae. The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic, vol. 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes to Tetraodontiformes) and Sea turtles. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. 2454-2664.
  15. Smith-Vaniz, William F., 2022: Family Carangidae, Trevallies. Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean, vol. 4. 28-67.
  16. Smith-Vaniz, William F., and Howard L. Jelks, 2014: Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa, vol. 3803, no. 1. 1-120.
  17. Springer, Victor G., and William F. Smith-Vaniz, 2008: Supraneural and pterygiophore insertion patterns in carangid fishes, with description of a new Eocene carangid tribe, +Paratrachinotini, and a survey of anterior anal-fin pterygiophore insertion patterns in Acanthomorpha. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 16. 1-73.
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