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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) and 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)
Osteoglossocephalai
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