Belongs within: Caranginae.
Caranx is a genus of trevallies in which the lateral line is armed posteriorly with keeled scales.
Caranx Lacepede 1802S62
|--C. crysos (Mitchill 1815)B-RW17, K-M02
| |--C. c. crysosB-RW17
| `--C. c. ruberB-RW17
`--+--C. ignobilis (Forskål 1775)B-RW17, M58 [=Scomber ignobilisM58]
`--C. sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard 1824B-RW17, M58 (see below for synonymy)
Caranx incertae sedis:
C. altissimus Jordan & Seale 1905JR10
C. brevisJR10
C. bucculentus Alleyne & Macleay 1877MM14
C. callaJR10
C. caninus Günther 1866G66
C. carangus (Bloch 1793) [=Scomber carangus; incl. C. lessonii Lesson 1830]M58
C. chrysophryoidesP89
C. cynodonJR10
C. deani Jordan & Seale 1905JR10
C. djeddabaJR10
C. freeri Evermann & Seale 1906JR10
C. georgianusG75
C. halli (Evermann & Seale 1906) [=Citula halli]JR10
C. hippos (Linné 1766)K-M02 [=Carangus hipposM58]
C. ireJR10
C. latusF15
C. lunaL43
C. melampygus Cuvier 1833 (see below for synonymy)M58
C. nobilisG75
C. ophthalmotaeniaJR10
C. papuensis Alleyne & Macleay 1877M58
C. primaevus Eastman 1904B80
C. rastrosus Jordan & Snyder 1908JR10
C. sansun (Forskål 1775) [=Scomber sansun]M58
C. senegalusEA03
C. stellatus Eydoux & Souleyet 1841 [incl. C. quoyi Bleeker 1878]M58
C. valenciennesi Castelnau 1873M58
Caranx melampygus Cuvier 1833 [incl. C. ascensionis Fowler 1928, C. lugubris Seale 1906, C. moresbyensis Macleay 1883]M58
Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard 1824B-RW17, M58 [incl. C. forsteri Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833M58, C. marginatus Seale 1935M58, C. puapok Thiollière 1857M58]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[P89] Perugia, A. 1889. Elenco dei pesci raccolti dal Dott. Elio Modigliani nelle Isole di Nias e di Sumatra. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 269–277.
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