Biology:Selar (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Selar
Bigeye scad.jpg
Bigeye scad (S. crumenophthalmus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Caranginae
Genus: Selar
Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Caranx boops
(Cuvier, 1833)[1]

Selar is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the family Carangidae which includes the scads, jacks, pompanos, trevallies and horse mackerels.[2] The generic name, Selar, is the local name for the oxeye scad in Jakarta.[3]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Selar boops Cape York.jpg Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833) Oxeye scad Indo-Pacific.
Fish4443 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) Bigeye scad Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Rapa, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to southern Angola

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Selar". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2101. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Selar in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. "Order CARANGIFORMES (Jacks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 10 August 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/carangiformes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q745504 entry