| Decapterus Temporal range:
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| Koheru - D. koheru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Caranginae |
| Genus: | Decapterus Bleeker, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Caranx kurra G. Cuvier, 1833
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Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes of jack family, Carangidae, commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world.1
Species
Currently, there are 11 recognized species:12
- Decapterus akaadsi T. Abe, 1958
- Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875) (koheru)
- Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 (redtail scad)
- Decapterus macarellus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (mackerel scad)
- Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851 (shortfin scad)
- Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Japanese scad)
- Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (amberstripe scad)
- Decapterus punctatus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (round scad)
- Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) (Indian scad)
- Decapterus smithvanizi Kimura, Katahira & Kuriiwa, 20133
- Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 (roughear scad)
The following fossil species are also known:4
- †Decapterus abbreviatus (Bogachev, 1933) (Early Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine)
- †Decapterus boeckhi (Kramberger, 1902) (Middle Miocene of Hungary)
- †Decapterus fusiformis Bannikov, 1996 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
- †Decapterus hopkinsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) (Late Miocene of California, USA)5
- †Decapterus praegracilis Bannikov, 1990 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
- †?Decapterus mizoramiensis Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001 (Early Miocene of Mizoram, India)6
- †Decapterus prorusselli Arambourg, 1927 (Late Miocene of Algeria)
- †Decapterus rigidicaudus (Heckel, 1854) (Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of Italy)
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Decapterus". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- "Decapterus Bleeker, 1851". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- Kimura, S.; Katahira, K.; Kuriiwa, K. (2013). "The red-fin Decapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species, Decapterus smithvanizi". Ichthyological Research. 60 (4): 363–379. Bibcode:2013IchtR..60..363K. doi:10.1007/s10228-013-0364-9. S2CID 18987387.
- Bannikov, A. F. (1996). "New Carangid Fish (Perciformes) from the Upper Maikop Deposits of Krasnodar Region". Paleontological Journal. 30 (1): 67–74.
- California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Tiwari, R. P.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2001). "Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram, India". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria. 25: 11–26.
External links
External links
- Media related to Decapterus at Wikimedia Commons
- Hawaiian-style decapterus fishing trials in Tonga