WoRMS taxon details
Caranx caballus Günther, 1868
273271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273271)
accepted
Species
Carangoides caballus (Günther, 1868) · unaccepted
Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1868). An account of the fishes of the states of Central America based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14): 377-494, Pls. 63-87. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caranx caballus Günther, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273271 on 2026-01-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1868). An account of the fishes of the states of Central America based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14): 377-494, Pls. 63-87. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx caballus)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides caballus (Günther, 1868))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx caballus RAD116365-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx caballus RAD116365-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx caballus)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides caballus (Günther, 1868))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx girardi Steindachner, 1870)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx caballus RAD116365-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx caballus RAD116365-001)
To ITIS
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