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Scyris alexandrina  (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1228199

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
  
    Gallichthys aegyptiacus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833
  
    Gallus alexandrinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
  
    Hynnis goreensis Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833
  
    Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
  
  Common Name(s): African threadfish [English]
  
    Alexandria pompano [English]
  
    jurel de Alejandría [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyCarangidae Rafinesque, 1815 – jacks, pompanos, carangues, pampanos, saurels, jureles y pámpanos  
                                     SubfamilyCaranginae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        GenusScyris Cuvier, 1829  
                                           SpeciesScyris alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) – African threadfish, Alexandria pompano, jurel de Alejandría  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Howard L. Jelks   
  Notes: Retired Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 N.W. 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653   
  Reference for: Scyris alexandrina    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 2-Apr-2024, website (version 2-Apr-2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2024. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 02 Apr 2024   
  Reference for: Scyris alexandrina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Daget, J., and W. F. Smith-Vaniz   
  Publication Date: 1986   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carangidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 308-322   
  Publisher: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique   
  Publication Place: Brussels, Belgium   
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-87177-002-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scyris alexandrina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kimura, Seishi, Shun Takeuchi, and Taishi Yadome   
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Generic revision of the species formerly belonging to the genus Carangoides and its related genera (Carangiformes: Carangidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Research, vol. 69   
  Page(s): 433-487   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1341-8998   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10228-021-00850-1   
  Reference for: Scyris alexandrina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith-Vaniz, W. F.   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carangidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: 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   
  Page(s): 2454-2664   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1020-6868   
  Notes: available online: https://www.fao.org/3/i5715e/i5715e.pdf   
  Reference for: Scyris alexandrina, Alexandria pompano [English], jurel de Alejandría [Spanish]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
       
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