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Caranx

Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Taxonomy
Caranx was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560,771]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carangidae by Eastman (1904), Arambourg (1925), de Beaufort (1926), Arambourg (1927), Pauca (1929), Danil'chenko (1960), Danil'chenko (1980), Fierstine et al. (2012), Argyriou (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Caranx Lacépède
1904Caranx Eastman p. 28
1925Caranx Arambourg p. 109
1926Caranx de Beaufort p. 138
1927Caranx Arambourg p. 181
1929Caranx Pauca p. 30
1960Caranx Danil'chenko p. 120
1980Caranx Danil'chenko p. 128
2002Caranx Sepkoski
2012Caranx Fierstine et al. p. 118
2022Caranx Argyriou p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderCarangiformes
familyCarangidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCaranxLacépède 1802

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Caranx Lacépède 1802
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†Caranx albyi Sauvage 1880
†Caranx baltruschi de Beaufort 1926
†Caranx femeri de Beaufort 1926
†Caranx gracilis Kramberger 1882
†Caranx macoveii Pauca 1929
†Caranx orolomaensis David 1946
†Caranx primaevus Eastman 1904
†Caranx scillae Sauvage 1873
†Caranx weileri Bogatshov 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) C. orolomaensis (191000 191014 191016)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania C. macoveii (50344)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Maros) C. femeri, C. baltruschi (187654)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India C. sp. (230225)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. sp. (13450)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine (Crimea) C. gracilis (60254)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy C. scillae, C. albyi (185692)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) C. sp. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) C. sp. (207303)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) C. hippos (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. hippos, C. sp. (34269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands C. spp., C. crysos, C. latus, C. ruber (209855)