Caranginae Explained

Caranginae is a subfamily of ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae which consists of twenty genera and 103 species.^[1]

Genera

The following genera are classified within the Caranginae:^[1]

Image	Genus	Species
	Alectis	Alectis alexandrina (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Alexandria pompano) Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) (African pompano) Alectis indica (Ruppell, 1830) (Indian threadfish)
	Alepes	Alepes apercna E. M. Grant, 1987 (Smallmouth scad) Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) (Shrimp scad) Alepes kleinii (Bloch, 1793) (Razorbelly scad) Alepes melanoptera (Swainson, 1839) (Blackfin scad) Alepes vari (G. Cuvier, 1833) (Herring scad)
	Atropus	cleftbelly trevally (Atropus atropos)
	Atule	yellowtail scad (Atule mate)
	Carangoides	Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830) (longfin trevally) Carangoides bajad (Forsskål, 1775) (orange-spotted trevally) Carangoides bartholomaei (G. Cuvier, 1833) (yellow jack) Carangoides chrysophrys (G. Cuvier, 1833) (longnose trevally) Carangoides ciliarius (Rüppell, 1830) (likely C. armatus) Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830) (coastal trevally) Carangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851 (shadow trevally) Carangoides equula (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (whitefin trevally) Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775) (blue trevally) Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) (goldspotted trevally) Carangoides gymnostethus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (bludger) Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley, 1934) (bumpnose trevally) Carangoides humerosus (McCulloch, 1915) (duskyshoulder trevally) Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Malabar trevally) Carangoides oblongus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (coachwhip trevally) Carangoides orthogrammus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (island trevally) Carangoides otrynter (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (threadfin jack) Carangoides plagiotaenia Bleeker, 1857 (barcheek trevally) Carangoides praeustus (Anonymous [[[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]] ], 1830) (brownback trevally) Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker, 1852 (imposter trevally)
	Caranx	Caranx bucculentus Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877 (bluespotted trevally) Caranx caballus Günther, 1868 (green jack) Caranx caninus Günther, 1867 (Pacific crevalle jack) Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) (blue runner) Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & K. E. Carpenter, 2007 (longfin crevalle jack) Caranx heberi (J. W. Bennett, 1830) (blacktip trevally) Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) (crevalle jack) Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) (giant trevally) Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 (horse-eye jack) Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 (black jack) Caranx melampygus G. Cuvier, 1833 (bluefin trevally) Caranx papuensis Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877 (brassy trevally) Caranx rhonchus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (false scad) Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793) (bar jack) Caranx senegallus G. Cuvier, 1833 (Senegal jack) Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (bigeye trevally) Caranx tille G. Cuvier, 1833 (tille trevally) Caranx vinctus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (cocinero)
	Chloroscombrus	Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic bumper) Chloroscombrus orqueta D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (Pacific bumper)
	Decapterus	Decapterus akaadsi (T. Abe), 1958 Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875) (koheru) Decapterus kurroides (Bleeker, 1855) (redtail scad) Decapterus macarellus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (mackerel scad) Decapterus macrosoma (Bleeker, 1851) (shortfin scad) Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Japanese scad) Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (amberstripe scad) Decapterus punctatus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (round scad) Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) (Indian scad) Decapterus smithvanizi (Seishi Kimura, Katahira & Kuriiwa, 2013)^[2] Decapterus tabl (Berry, 1968) (roughear scad)
	Gnathodon	golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
	Hemicaranx	Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (Bluntnose jack) Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860) (Bicolor jack) Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864) (Yellowfin jack) Hemicaranx zelotes C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Blackfin jack)
	Megalaspis	torpedo scad (Megalaspis cordyla)
	Pantolabus	fringefin trevally (Pantolabus radiatus)
	Parastromateus	black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)
	Pseudocaranx	Pseudocaranx chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Juan Fernandez trevally) Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (White trevally) Pseudocaranx dinjerra Smith-Vaniz & Jelks, 2006 Pseudocaranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931) (Skipjack trevally)
	Selar	Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833) (Oxeye scad) Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) (Bigeye scad)
	Selaroides	yellowstripe scad (Selaroides leptolepis)
	Selene	Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Hairfin lookdown) Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816) (Caribbean moonfish) Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863) (African moonfish) Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 (Mexican moonfish) Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) (Peruvian moonfish) Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) (Atlantic moonfish) Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855) Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lookdown)
	Trachurus	Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861 (Cape horse mackerel) Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) (greenback horse mackerel) Trachurus delagoa Nekrasov, 1970 (African scad) Trachurus indicus Nekrasov, 1966 (Arabian scad) Trachurus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Japanese jack mackerel) Trachurus lathami Nichols, 1920 (rough scad) Trachurus longimanus (Norman, 1935) (Crozet scad) Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) (Mediterranean horse mackerel) Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920 (Chilean jack mackerel) Trachurus novaezelandiae J. Richardson, 1843 (yellowtail horse mackerel) Trachurus picturatus (S. Bowdich, 1825) (blue jack mackerel) Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855) (Pacific jack mackerel) Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Atlantic horse mackerel) Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950 (Cunene horse mackerel)
	Ulua	Ulua aurochs (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) — Silvermouth trevally. Ulua mentalis (G. Cuvier, 1833) — Longrakered trevally.
	Uraspis	Uraspis helvola (J. R. Forster, 1801) (whitetongue jack) Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860) (cottonmouth jack) Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860) (whitemouth jack)

Notes and References

1. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . J. S. Nelson . T. C. Grande . M. V. H. Wilson . 2016 . 387 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6 . 2019-11-23 . 2019-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ . dead .
2. Kimura . S. . Katahira . K. . Kuriiwa . K. . 10.1007/s10228-013-0364-9 . The red-fin Decapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species, Decapterus smithvanizi . Ichthyological Research . 2013 . 60 . 4 . 363–379 . 2013IchtR..60..363K . 18987387 .