Decapterus
| Decapterus Temporal range: | |
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| Koheru - D. koheru | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Caranginae |
| Genus: | Decapterus Bleeker, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Caranx kurra G. Cuvier, 1833 | |
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Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes of jack family, Carangidae, commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world.[1]
Species
[edit]Currently, there are 11 recognized species:[1][2]
- 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 Kimura, Katahira & Kuriiwa, 2013[3]
- Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 (roughear scad)
The following fossil species are also known:[4]
- †Decapterus abbreviatus (Bogachev, 1933) (Early Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine)
- †Decapterus boeckhi (Kramberger, 1902) (Middle Miocene of Hungary)
- †Decapterus fusiformis Bannikov, 1996 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
- †Decapterus hopkinsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) (Late Miocene of California, USA)[5]
- †Decapterus praegracilis Bannikov, 1990 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
- †?Decapterus mizoramiensis Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001 (Early Miocene of Mizoram, India)[6]
- †Decapterus prorusselli Arambourg, 1927 (Late Miocene of Algeria)
- †Decapterus rigidicaudus (Heckel, 1854) (Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of Italy)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Decapterus". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ↑ "Decapterus Bleeker, 1851". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ Kimura, S.; Katahira, K.; Kuriiwa, K. (2013). "The red-fin Decapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species, Decapterus smithvanizi". Ichthyological Research. 60 (4): 363–379. Bibcode:2013IchtR..60..363K. doi:10.1007/s10228-013-0364-9. S2CID 18987387.
- ↑ Bannikov, A. F. (1996). "New Carangid Fish (Perciformes) from the Upper Maikop Deposits of Krasnodar Region". Paleontological Journal. 30 (1): 67–74.
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ Tiwari, R. P.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2001). "Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram, India". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria. 25: 11–26.
External links
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Media related to Decapterus at Wikimedia Commons- Hawaiian-style decapterus fishing trials in Tonga
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