Rachycentron

Rachycentron; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Rachycentridae; Gill, 1896
Genus:	Rachycentron; Kaup, 1826
Species
	Rachycentron canadum (Cobia); †Rachycentron stremphaencus;

Rachycentron is the only known member genus of the family Rachycentridae. The genus contains a single living species, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum), and the Late Miocene fossil species Rachycentron stremphaencus from Maryland.²

References

Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. S2CID 31014657.
Stephen J. Godfrey; Giorgio Carnevale (2020). "A new cobia (Teleostei, Rachycentridae) species from the Miocene St. Marys Formation along Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (3): 630–637. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.107. S2CID 233301980.

[VDLEF-1] Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. S2CID 31014657.

[2] Stephen J. Godfrey; Giorgio Carnevale (2020). "A new cobia (Teleostei, Rachycentridae) species from the Miocene St. Marys Formation along Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (3): 630–637. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.107. S2CID 233301980.

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