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

Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rachycentron*	Kaup, 1826	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Israel (Hebrew): קוביה כל-ימית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cobia

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	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.

Taxon found in 105 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GenBank (150 nucleotides; 132 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766). 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:127006