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Scomberomorus  Lacepède, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172434

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): wahoos [English]
  
    Spanish mackerels [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderScombroidei  – ribbonfishes, albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, bonites, germons, maquereaux, thons  
                                  FamilyScombridae  – albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, macarelas, maquereaux  
                                     SubfamilyScombrinae Bonaparte, 1831  
                                        TribeScomberomorini Starks, 1910  
                                           GenusScomberomorus Lacepède, 1801 – wahoos, Spanish mackerels  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo and Zavala-Camin, 1978 – serro Spanish mackerel, serra, serra, thazard tacheté du sud, serra Spanish mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829) – king mackerel, sierra, carito, carite lucio, thazard serra 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) – narrow-barred spanish mackerel, carite estriado, thazard rayé, Spanish mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus concolor (Lockington, 1879) – sierra golfina, carite de Monterey, thazard de Monterey, Gulf sierra, Monterey Spanish mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus guttatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) – carite del Indo-Pacifico, spotted seerfish, thazard ponctué, Indo-Pacific king mackerel, spotted Spanish mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus koreanus (Kishinouye, 1915) – carite Coreano, thazard Coréen, Korean mackerel, Korean seerfish 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus lineolatus (Cuvier, 1829) – streaked seerfish, streaked Spanish mackerel, carite rayado, thazard cirrus, queen mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815) – serrucho, sierra común, carite Atlántico, thazard Atlantique, Atlantic Spanish mackerel, Spanish mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus multiradiatus Munro, 1964 – carite Papuense, thazard Papou, Papuan seerfish 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus munroi Collette and Russo, 1980 – Australian seerfish, cariet Australiano, thazard Australien, Australian spotted mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832) – carite oriental, Japanese seerfish, thazard oriental, Japanese Spanish mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus plurilineatus Fourmanoir, 1966 – Kanadi kingfish, carite Canadi, Kanadi seerfish, thazard Kanadi 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus queenslandicus Munro, 1943 – broadbarred king mackerel, carite de Queensland, Queensland mackerel, thazard du Queensland, Queensland school mackerel, blotched mackerel, doggie mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus regalis (Bloch, 1793) – cero, painted mackerel, pintada, sierra, carite chinigua, thazard franc 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus semifasciatus (Macleay, 1883) – broadbarred mackerel, broadbarred king mackerel, carite tigre, thazard tigre, broadbanded mackerel, brownie, grey mackerel 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus sierra Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895 – sierra del Pacífico, carite sierra, thazard sierra, Mexican sierra, Pacific sierra 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800) – Chinese mackerel, Chinese seerfish, carite indochino, thazard nébuleux 
                                              SpeciesScomberomorus tritor (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832) – carite lusitánico, thazard blanc, West African mackerel, West African Spanish mackerel 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scomberomorus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Scomberomorus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., and Cornelia E. Nauen   
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scombrids of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Tunas, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 137   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-101381-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scomberomorus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., Carol Reeb, and Barbara A. Block / Barbara A. Block and E. Donald Stevens, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of the Tunas and Mackerels (Scombridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fish Physiology, vol. 19: Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution   
  Page(s): 1-33   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: San Diego, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-350443-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scomberomorus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Scomberomorus   
       

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