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Alepes melanoptera  (Swainson, 1839)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 641942

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Caranx malam (Bleeker, 1851)
 
    Caranx pectoralis Chu and Cheng, 1958
 
    Selar malam Bleeker, 1851
 
    Trachinus melanoptera Swainson, 1839
 
    Caranx nigripinnis Day, 1876
 
  Common Name(s): shortfinned trevally [English]
 
    blackfin scad [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  
                                        GenusAlepes Swainson, 1839  
                                           SpeciesAlepes melanoptera (Swainson, 1839) – shortfinned trevally, blackfin scad  
       

 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: Alepes melanoptera    
       
  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: Alepes melanoptera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Carpenter, Kent A., Friedhelm Krupp, David A. Jones, and Uwe Zajonz  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates   
  Page(s): 1-293   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1020-4547   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Alepes melanoptera   
       
  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: Alepes melanoptera, blackfin scad [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kimura, Seishi, Kazuma Katahira, and Kaoru Kuriiwa  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: The red-fin Decapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species, Decapterus smithvanizi   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Research, vol. 60, no. 4   
  Page(s): 363-379   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1341-8998   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10228-013-0364-9   
  Reference for: Alepes melanoptera   
       
  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: Alepes melanoptera   
       
  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: Alepes melanoptera   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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