Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes

Carangidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
Alepes Swainson, 1839
Campogramma Regan, 1903
Caranx Lacepède, 1801
Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
Elagatis Bennett, 1840
Lichia Cuvier, 1816
Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
Selar Bleeker, 1851
Selene
Seriola Cuvier, 1816
Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): hestmakrellfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: jacks and pompanos sources: MASDEA (1997).

German: Stachelmakrelen sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian: hestmakrellfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hestmakrellfamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: hestmakrellfamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): hestmakrellfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: taggmakrillfiskar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Carangidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125523