Carangidae
Pacific Crevalle Jack
Caranx caninus Günther, 1867
The Pacific crevalle jack, Caranx caninus, is a large jack fish found in eastern Pacific waters, fished commercially for food.
Blue Runner
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Caranx crysos, the blue runner, is an Atlantic jack fish found around floating structures, with widespread distribution across the ocean.
Bluefin Trevally
Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833
Caranx melampygus (bluefin trevally) is a widely distributed large marine carangid found across Indian and Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.
Giant Trevally
Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is a large apex predatory carangid fish distributed across Indo-Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.
Brassy Trevally
Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
Caranx papuensis, the brassy trevally, is a large widespread tropical jack fish found in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans.
Longfin Crevalle Jack
Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007
Caranx fischeri, the longfin crevalle jack, is a large Atlantic jack species with poorly understood biology.
Yellow Jack
Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833)
Carangoides bartholomaei, or yellow jack, is a large Atlantic carangid fish with specific physical traits and preferred offshore habitats.
Bigeye Scad
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Selar crumenophthalmus, the bigeye scad, is a small nocturnal schooling fish caught commercially for food and used as bait.
Oxeye Scad
Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
Selar boops is a marine schooling fish with a large eye that is commercially fished across the Indo-Pacific.
Atlantic Moonfish
Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)
Selene setapinnis, the Atlantic moonfish, is a compressed subtropical marine fish found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
Lookdown
Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)
Selene vomer, the lookdown, is a scythe-finned marine fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Silver Trevally
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Pseudocaranx dentex, the white trevally, is an edible carangid fish found across multiple oceans with a max length of 120 cm.
Herring scad
Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)
Alepes vari, the herring scad, is the largest species in the genus Alepes, found in shallow Indo-West Pacific coastal waters.
African Pompano
Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, is a predatory deep compressed carangid fish distributed across the world's tropical oceans.
Barred Yellowtail Scad
Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Atule mate, the yellowtail scad, is a small Indo-Pacific coastal carangid fish with distinctive physical and habitat traits.
Atlantic Bumper
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Chloroscombrus chrysurus, the Atlantic bumper, is a distinctive marine fish found across Atlantic subtropical waters.
Mackerel Scad
Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)
Decapterus macarellus, or mackerel scad, is a widely distributed ocean fish commonly used as food in many western Pacific island communities.
Cigar Minnow
Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Decapterus punctatus, the round scad, is a cigar-shaped Atlantic fish that forms large shoals and feeds on small planktonic organisms.
Koheru
Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875)
Decapterus koheru, or kōheru, is a ray-finned fish endemic to New Zealand that feeds on zooplankton and is caught by recreational anglers.
Golden Trevally
Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Gnathanodon speciosus, the golden trevally, is a large tropical Indo-Pacific carangid fish with distinctive golden coloration.
Torpedo Scad
Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Megalaspis cordyla, the torpedo scad, is a moderately large pelagic carangid fish found in Indo-West Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.
Black Pomfret
Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)
Parastromateus niger, the black pomfret, is a commercially important Indo-Pacific carangid fish, the only member of its genus.
Yellowstripe Scad
Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833)
Selaroides leptolepis (yellowstripe scad) is a small predatory schooling carangid fish found in Indo-West Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855)
Trachurus symmetricus, the Pacific jack mackerel, is a northeastern Pacific carangid fish harvested as food.
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