Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Carangidae -- Jacks and Pompanos
   Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) -- African Threadfish
   Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) -- African Pompano
   Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830) -- Indian Threadfish
   Alepes apercna Grant, 1987 -- Smallmouth Scad
   Alepes djedaba (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Shrimp Scad
   Alepes kleinii (Bloch, 1793) -- Razorbelly Scad
   Alepes melanoptera Swainson, 1839 -- Blackfin Scad
   Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833) -- Herring Scad
   Atropus atropos (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Cleftbelly Trevally
   Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833) -- Yellowtail Scad
   Campogramma glaycos (Lacepede, 1801) -- Vadigo
   Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830) -- Longfin Trevally
   Carangoides bajad (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Orangespotted Trevally
   Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833) -- Yellow Jack; Caranx bartholomaei
   Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833) -- Longnose Trevally
   Carangoides ciliarius (Rüppell, 1830)
   Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830) -- Coastal Trevally; Carangoides caeruleopinnatus
   Carangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851 -- Shadow Trevally
   Carangoides equula (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) -- Whitefin Trevally
   Carangoides ferdau (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Blue Trevally
   Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Yellowspotted Trevally
   Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833) -- Bludger
   Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley, 1934) -- Bumpnose Trevally
   Carangoides humerosus (McCulloch, 1915) -- Duskyshoulder Trevally
   Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Malabar Trevally
   Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier, 1833) -- Coachwhip Trevally
   Carangoides orthogrammus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Island Trevally
   Carangoides otrynter (Jordan and Gilbert, 1883) -- Threadfin Jack; Caranx otrynter
   Carangoides plagiotaenia Bleeker, 1857 -- Barcheek Trevally
   Carangoides praeustus (Anonymous, 1830) -- Brownback Trevally
   Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker, 1852 -- Imposter Trevally
   Caranx bucculentus Alleyne and Macleay, 1877 -- Bluespotted Trevally
   Caranx caballus Gunther, 1868 -- Green Jack
   Caranx caninus Gunther, 1867 -- Pacific Crevalle Jack
   Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) -- Blue Runner
   Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830) -- Blacktip Trevally
   Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Crevalle Jack
   Caranx ignobilis (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Giant Trevally
   Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 -- Horse-eye Jack
   Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 -- Black Jack
   Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 -- Bluefin Trevally
   Caranx papuensis Alleyne and MacLeay, 1877 -- Brassy Trevally
   Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 -- False Scad
   Caranx ruber -- Bar Jack; Carangoides ruber
   Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833 -- Senegal Jack
   Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 -- Bigeye Trevally
   Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833 -- Tille Trevally
   Caranx vinctus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Cocinero
   Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Atlantic Bumper
   Chloroscombrus orqueta Jordan and Gilbert, 1883 -- Pacific Bumper
   Decapterus akaadsi Abe, 1958
   Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875) -- Koheru
   Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 -- Redtail Scad
   Decapterus lajang Bleeker, 1855
   Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833) -- Mackerel Scad
   Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851 -- Shortfin Scad
   Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) -- Japanese Scad
   Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) -- Amberstripe Scad
   Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) -- Round Scad
   Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) -- Indian Scad
   Decapterus scombrinus (Valenciennes, 1846) -- Mexican Scad
   Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 -- Roughear Scad
   Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) -- Rainbow Runner
   Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Golden Trevally
   Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (Cuvier, 1833) -- Bluntnose Jack
   Hemicaranx bicolor (Gunther, 1860) -- Bicolor Jack
   Hemicaranx leucurus (Gunther, 1864) -- Yellowfin Jack
   Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert, 1898 -- Blackfin Jack
   Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Leerfish
   Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Torpedo Scad
   Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Pilotfish
   Oligoplites altus (Gunther, 1868) -- Longjaw Leatherjack
   Oligoplites calcar (Bloch, 1793)
   Oligoplites palometa (Cuvier, 1832) -- Maracaibo Leatherjacket
   Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert and Starks, 1904 -- Shortjaw Leatherjack
   Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) -- Castin Leatherjacket
   Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Leatherjack
   Pantolabus radiatus (Macleay, 1881) -- Fringe-finned Trevally
   Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795) -- Black Pomfret
   Parona signata (Jenyns, 1841) -- Parona Leatherjacket
   Pseudocaranx chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) -- Juan Fernandez Trevally
   Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- White Trevally
   Pseudocaranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931) -- Skipjack Trevally
   Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepede, 1801 -- Talang Queenfish
   Scomberoides lysan (Forsskċl, 1775) -- Doublespotted Queenfish
   Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832) -- Barred Queenfish
   Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832) -- Needlescaled Queenfish
   Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833) -- Oxeye Scad
   Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) -- Bigeye Scad
   Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) -- Yellowstripe Scad
   Selene brevoortii (Gill, 1863) -- Mexican Lookdown
   Selene brownii (Cuvier, 1816) -- Caribbean Moonfish
   Selene dorsalis (Gill, 1863) -- African Moonfish
   Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 -- Mexican Moonfish
   Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) -- Pacific Moonfish
   Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) -- Atlantic Moonfish
   Selene spixi (Castelnau, 1855)
   Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Lookdown
   Seriola carpenteri Mather, 1971 -- Guinean Amberjack
   Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810) -- Greater Amberjack
   Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) -- Lesser Amberjack
   Seriola hippos Gunther, 1876 -- Samson Fish
   Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 -- Yellowtail Amberjack
   Seriola peruana Steindachner, 1881 -- Fortune Jack
   Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck and Schlegel, 1845 -- Japanese Amberjack
   Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 -- Almaco Jack
   Seriola zonata (Mitchill, 1815) -- Banded Rudderfish
   Seriolina nigrofasciata (Rüppell, 1829) -- Blackbanded Trevally
   Trachinotus africanus Smith, 1967 -- Southern Pompano
   Trachinotus anak Ogilby, 1909 -- Oyster Pompano
   Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepede, 1801) -- Smallspotted Dart
   Trachinotus blochii (Lacepede, 1801) -- Snubnose Pompano
   Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803) -- Largespotted Dart
   Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Florida Pompano
   Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier, 1832 -- Cayenne Pompano
   Trachinotus coppingeri Gunther, 1884 -- Swallowtail Dart
   Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Permit
   Trachinotus goodei Jordan and Evermann, 1896 -- Palometa
   Trachinotus goreensis Cuvier, 1832 -- Longfin Pompano
   Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner, 1876 -- Blackblotch Pompano
   Trachinotus marginatus Cuvier, 1832 -- Plata Pompano
   Trachinotus maxillosus Cuvier, 1832 -- Guinean Pompano
   Trachinotus mookalee Cuvier, 1832 -- Indian Pompano
   Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Derbio
   Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier, 1832 -- Paloma Pompano
   Trachinotus rhodopus (Gill, 1863) -- Gafftopsail Pompano
   Trachinotus stilbe (Jordan and McGregor, 1899) -- Steel Pompano
   Trachinotus teraia Cuvier, 1832 -- Shortfin Pompano
   Trachurus aleevi Rytov and Razumovskaya, 1984
   Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861 -- Cape Horse Mackerel
   Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) -- Greenback Horse Mackerel
   Trachurus delagoa Nekrasov, 1970 -- African Scad
   Trachurus indicus Necrasov, 1966 -- Arabian Scad
   Trachurus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) -- Japanese Jack Mackerel
   Trachurus lathami Nichols, 1920 -- Rough Scad
   Trachurus longimanus (Norman, 1935) -- Crozet Scad
   Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) -- Mediterranean Horse Mackerel
   Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920 -- Inca Scad
   Trachurus novaezelandiae Richardson, 1843 -- Yellowtail Horse Mackerel
   Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825) -- Blue Jack Mackerel
   Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855) -- Pacific Jack Mackerel
   Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Atlantic Horse Mackerel
   Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950 -- Cunene Horse Mackerel
   Ulua aurochs (Ogilby, 1915) -- Silvermouth Trevally
   Ulua mentalis (Cuvier, 1833) -- Longrakered Trevally
   Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801) -- Whitemouth Jack
   Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860) -- Cottonmouth Jack
   Uraspis uraspis (Gunther, 1860) -- Whitetongue Jack

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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