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Decapterus macarellus  (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 168724

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Decapterus pinnulatus (Eydoux and Souleyet, 1850)
  
    Caranx macarellus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833
  
    Caranx pinnulatus Eydoux and Souleyet, 1850
  
    Decapturus macarellus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833)
  
    Decapterus canonoides Jenkins, 1903
  
    Caranx jacobaeus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833
  
  Common Name(s): Mackerel Scad [English]
  
    antonino caballita [Spanish]
  
    macarela caballa [Spanish]
  
    décaptère faux-maquereau [French]
  
    comète maquereau [French]
  
       
  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  
                                        GenusDecapterus Bleeker, 1851 – mackerel scads, round scads  
                                           SpeciesDecapterus macarellus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833) – Mackerel Scad, antonino caballita, macarela caballa, décaptère faux-maquereau, comète maquereau  
       

 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: Decapterus macarellus    
       
  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: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba   
  Page(s): 21-57   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-985-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  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: Decapterus macarellus, Mackerel Scad [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Jacks: Family Carangidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 411-427   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-951-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  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: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  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: Decapterus macarellus, macarela caballa [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: Decapterus macarellus, décaptère faux-maquereau [French], macarela caballa [Spanish], Mackerel Scad [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12   
  Page(s): 174   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0097-0638   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mackerel Scad[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20   
  Page(s): 183   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-70-9, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  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: Decapterus macarellus, comète maquereau [French], macarela caballa [Spanish], Mackerel Scad [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: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith-Vaniz, William F., and Howard L. Jelks  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3803, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-120   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1   
  Reference for: Decapterus macarellus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Springer, Victor G., and William F. Smith-Vaniz  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Supraneural and pterygiophore insertion patterns in carangid fishes, with description of a new Eocene carangid tribe, +Paratrachinotini, and a survey of anterior anal-fin pterygiophore insertion patterns in Acanthomorpha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 16   
  Page(s): 1-73   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0097-0298   
  Notes: doi: 10.2988/0097-0298(2008)16[1:SAPIPI]2.0.CO;2   
  Reference for: Decapterus macarellus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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