WoRMS taxon details
Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831
126804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126804)
accepted
Species
Carangus aureus Poey, 1875 · unaccepted
Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833 · unaccepted
Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855 · unaccepted
Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also entire Caribbean
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also entire Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126804 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 95 [details]
original description (of Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855) Holbrook, J. E. (1855). Ichthyology of South Carolina. Charleston. <em>Ichthyology of South Carolina.</em> : 1-182, 27 pls. [details]
original description (of Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 95 [details]
original description (of Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855) Holbrook, J. E. (1855). Ichthyology of South Carolina. Charleston. <em>Ichthyology of South Carolina.</em> : 1-182, 27 pls. [details]
original description (of Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also entire Caribbean [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Carangus aureus Poey, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx latus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangus aureus Poey, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase images (Caranx latus, Mexico, by Estrada Anaya, R.A.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx latus RAD116421-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx latus RAD116436-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Carangus aureus Poey, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx latus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx fallax Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx richardi Holbrook, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx lepturus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangus aureus Poey, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Xurel lata Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase images (Caranx latus, Mexico, by Estrada Anaya, R.A.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx latus RAD116421-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx latus RAD116436-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
