Genus Caranx Lacépède, 1801
- Caranx Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [57].
Type species:
Scomber carangus Bloch, 1793 (Lacépède (1801) lists 14 nominal species of Caranx including C. carangua Lacépède, but not Scomber carangus Bloch, 1793) by subsequent designation, see Desmarest, E. 1856. Reptiles et poissons. 1-360 +1-62, pls 1-48 in Chenu, J.G. Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, Traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éeminents de toutes les époques, etc.... par le Dr. Chenu. Vol. 19 1-360 +1-62, pls 1-48. [242] (as Caranx carougus [sic] Bloch = Caranx hippos Linnaeus; see Whitley, G.P. 1939. Ichthyological genotypes: Desmarest's designations, 1874. Australian Zoologist 9 (3): 222-226).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
History of changes
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13-Dec-2012 | 13-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |