Caranx melampygus

Caranx melampygus

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: Caranx
Species: Caranx melampygus

Name

Caranx melampygus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833

Synonyms

• Carangichthys melampygus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
• Carangus melampygus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
• Caranx bixanthopterus Rüppell, 1836
• Caranx stellatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
• Caranx janthinospilos Bleeker, 1856
• Caranx valenciennei Castelnau, 1873
• Carangus quoyi Bleeker, 1878
• Caranx moresbyensis Macleay, 1882
• Caranx medusicola Jordan & Starks, 1895

References

• Caranx melampygus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

• English: Bluefin trevally
• français: Carangue aile bleue
• ไทย: ปลากะมงครีบฟ้า

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