WoRMS taxon details
Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 AphiaID: 218404
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) >  Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Caranx (Genus) > Caranx sexfasciatus (Species)
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| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Caranx Lacepède, 1801 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Carangoides sexfasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (subsequent combination)Carangus marginatus Gill, 1863Carangus rhabdotus Jenkins, 1903Caranx belengerii Cuvier, 1833Caranx butuanensis Seale, 1910Caranx elacate Jordan & Evermann, 1903Caranx flavocoeruleus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844Caranx forsteri Cuvier, 1833Caranx fosteri Cuvier, 1833Caranx marginatus (Gill, 1863)Caranx oshimai Wakiya, 1924Caranx paraspistes Richardson, 1848Caranx peronii Cuvier, 1833Caranx sexfaciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (misspelling)Caranx sexfaciatus elacate (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)Caranx sexfaciatus marginatus (Gill, 1863)Caranx tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856Caranx thompsoni Seale, 1905Caranx xanthopygus Cuvier, 1833 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2014). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [show all] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
ComoresComores [details]Djibouti Djibouti [details]Eritrea Eritrea [details]Federal Republic of Somalia Somalia [details]Indian Ocean Chagos [details]Gazi Bay [details]Reunion [details]Kenya Kenya [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]Red Sea Red Sea [details]Republic of Mauritius Cargados Carajos [details]Mauritius [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Africa South Africa (country) [details]Tanzania Tanzania [details](no group) Western Indian Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernanthropus giganteus Krøyer, 1863 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus confusus Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus chiastos Lin & Ho, 2003 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (74 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 32 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes | From other sources
Description Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26° to 29°C. Inhabits deep lagoons channels, seaward reef waters, and occasionally enters rivers. Juveniles in estuaries. Remains in slow-moving schools in the passes or outside the reef during the day, then leaves the schools and feeds individually at night (Ref. 4795) on small fishes and crustaceans. Rarely netted. Marketed fresh, dried/salted (Ref. 9283) and frozen (Ref. 9987). Consumed broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). [details]Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Known as C. marginatus Gill In tropical eastern Pacific in Randall <307>. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Images | [show unreviewed] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218404 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218404 on 2015-01-31 | ||||||||||||||
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