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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 
AphiaID: 218404

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarangidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx Lacepède, 1801
Synonymised
names		  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCarangoides sexfasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (subsequent combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarangus marginatus Gill, 1863
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarangus rhabdotus Jenkins, 1903
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx belengerii Cuvier, 1833
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx butuanensis Seale, 1910
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx elacate Jordan & Evermann, 1903
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx flavocoeruleus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx forsteri Cuvier, 1833
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx fosteri Cuvier, 1833
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx marginatus (Gill, 1863)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx oshimai Wakiya, 1924
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx paraspistes Richardson, 1848
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx peronii Cuvier, 1833
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx sexfaciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx sexfaciatus elacate (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx sexfaciatus marginatus (Gill, 1863)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx thompsoni Seale, 1905
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaranx xanthopygus Cuvier, 1833
Sources  basis of record Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

[show all]
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbigeye trevally  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorjurel voraz  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [details]
Djibouti
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDjibouti [details]
Eritrea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEritrea [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGazi Bay [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCargados Carajos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWestern Indian Ocean [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLernanthropus giganteus Krøyer, 1863 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus confusus Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus chiastos Lin & Ho, 2003 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (63 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (35 nucleotides; 32 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription 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]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRemark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Known as C. marginatus Gill In tropical eastern Pacific in Randall <307>. [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218404
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-12 08:24:17Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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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 2014-04-24
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