Alepes melanoptera

Alepes melanoptera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carangoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Ordo: Carangiformes Subordo: Carangoidei

Familia: Carangidae
Genus: Alepes
Species: Alepes melanoptera

Name

Alepes melanoptera (Swainson, 1839)

Synonyms

• Trachinus melanoptera Swainson, 1839
• Selar malam Bleeker, 1851
• Caranx malam Bleeker, 1851
• Atule malam Bleeker, 1851
• Alepes malam Bleeker, 1851
• Caranx nigripinnis Day, 1876
• Caranx pectoralis Chu & Cheng, 1958
• Atule pectoralis Chu & Cheng, 1958

Vernacular names

• English: blackfin scad or shortfinned trevally or Chinese trevally

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