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Caranx melampygus  Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 168619

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Caranx stellatus Eydoux and Souleyet, 1850
 
    Caranx bixanthopterus Rüppell, 1836
 
    Caranx janthinospilos Bleeker, 1856
 
    Caranx medusicola Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895
 
    Caranx moresbyensis Macleay, 1882
 
    Carangus quoyi Bleeker, 1878
 
    Caranx valenciennei Castelnau, 1873
 
  Common Name(s): black ulua [English]
 
    jurel aleta azul [Spanish]
 
    Bluefin Trevally [English]
 
       
  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  
                                        GenusCaranx Lacepède, 1801 – cavallas, crevallies, bigeye jacks  
                                           SpeciesCaranx melampygus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833 – black ulua, jurel aleta azul, Bluefin Trevally  
       

 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: Caranx melampygus    
       
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus    
       
  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: Caranx melampygus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Allen, Gerald R., and Mark V. Erdmann  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Reef fishes of the East Indies, volumes 1-3   
  Page(s): 1-1260   
  Publisher: Tropical Reef Research   
  Publication Place: Perth, Australia   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0987260006   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Heemstra, Phillip C., Elaine Heemstra, David A. Ebert, Wouter Holleman, and John E. Randall (eds.)  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean, vol. 4   
  Page(s): xi + 467   
  Publisher: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity   
  Publication Place: Makhanda, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781990951312   
  Notes: available online: https://saiab.ac.za/publications/coastal-fishes-of-the-western-indian/   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus, Bluefin Trevally [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kottelat, Maurice  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement no. 27   
  Page(s): 1-633   
  Publisher: Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore   
  Publication Place: Singapore, Republic of Singapore   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0217-2445   
  Notes: available online: http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mundy, Bruce C.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, No. 6   
  Page(s): 1-703   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0893-312X   
  Notes: available online: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bz06.pdf   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus, Bluefin Trevally [English], jurel aleta azul [Spanish]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37   
  Page(s): vii + 439   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874691, 0097-0638  
  Notes: doi: 10.47886/9781934874691   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus, Bluefin Trevally [English], jurel aleta azul [Spanish]   
       
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: black ulua[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith-Vaniz, William F.  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Carangidae, Trevallies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean, vol. 4   
  Page(s): 28-67   
  Publisher: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity   
  Publication Place: Makhanda, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: available online: https://saiab.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1._wiof_volume_4_text.pdf   
  Reference for: Caranx melampygus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Native  
 

 

   

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