Carangidae
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The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish that includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, trevallies, and scads. It is one of the five families in the suborder Carangoidei.
They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most species are fast-swimming predatory fishes that hunt in the waters above reefs and in the open sea; some dig in the sea floor for invertebrates.
The largest fish in the family, the greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, grows up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length; most fish in the family reach a maximum length of 25–100 cm (9.8–39 in).
The family contains many important commercial and game fish, notably the Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, and the other jack mackerels in the genus Trachurus.
Many genera have fairly extensive fossil records, particularly Caranx and Seriola, which extend into the early Paleogene (late Thanetian), and are known from whole and incomplete specimens, skeletal fragments, and otoliths. The several extinct genera include Archaeus, Pseudovomer, and Eastmanalepes.
Subfamilies and genera
The family Carangidae is subdivided into the following subfamilies and genera:
- Genus †Archaeus Agassiz, 1844 (formerly placed in invalid subfamily Archaeinae)
- Genus †Belgocaranx Taverne, Simaeys & Steurbaut, 2006
- Genus †Carangidarum [otolith]
- Genus †Matsyana Singh & Choudhary, 1972
- Genus †Paratrachinotus Blot, 1969
- Genus †Trachicaranx Daniltshenko, 1968 (=Uylyaichthys Prokofiev, 2002)
- Subfamily Naucratinae Bleeker, 1859 Genus Campogramma Regan, 1903 Genus Elagatis F.D. Bennett, 1840 Genus Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Seriola Bleeker, 1854 Genus Seriolina Wakiya, 1924
- Subfamily Caranginae Rafinesque, 1815 Genus Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 Genus Alepes Swainson, 1839 Genus Atropus Oken, 1817 Genus Atule D.S. Jordan & E.K. Jordan, 1922 Genus Carangichthys Bleeker, 1853 Genus Carangoides Bleeker, 1851 Genus Caranx Lacepède, 1801 Genus Chloroscombrus Girard, 1858 Genus Craterognathus Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022 Genus Decapterus Bleeker, 1851 Genus Euprepocaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022 Genus Ferdauia D.S. Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya in Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927 Genus Flavocaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022 Genus Gnathodon Bleeker, 1850 Genus Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862 Genus Kaiwarinus Suzuki, 1962 Genus Megalaspis Bleeker, 1851 Genus Pantolabus Whitley, 1931 Genus Paraselene Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022 Genus Parastromateus Bleeker, 1864 Genus Platycaranx Kimura, Takeuchi & Yadome, 2022 Genus Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863 Genus Scyris Cuvier, 1829 Genus Selar Bleeker, 1851 Genus Selaroides Bleeker, 1851 Genus Selene Lacepède, 1802 Genus Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Turrum Whitley, 1932 Genus Uraspis Bleeker, 1855 Genus †Eastmanalepes Bannikov, 1984 Genus †Eothynnus Woodward, 1901 Genus †Pseudovomer Sauvage, 1870 Genus †Teratichthys Koenig, 1825
- †Vomeropsinae Bannikov, 1984 †Ceratoichthys Blot, 1969 †Vomeropsis Heckel, 1854
See also
There are a great many fish called trevallies, most of which belong to the Carangidae. For articles on them, see .