WoRMS taxon details
Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
126813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126813)
accepted
Species
Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833 · unaccepted
Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caranx boops 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): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Distribution 41.35°N, 59°W
Distribution 41.35°N, 59°W [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126813 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caranx boops 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): 46 [details]
original description (of Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907) Evermann, B.W.; Seale, A. (1907). Fishes of the Philippine Islands. Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 26(1906):49-110. [details]
original description (of Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 18 [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]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907) Evermann, B.W.; Seale, A. (1907). Fishes of the Philippine Islands. Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 26(1906):49-110. [details]
original description (of Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 18 [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Diet Feeds on planktonic and benthic invertebrates [details]Distribution 41.35°N, 59°W [details]
Habitat occurs inshore [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery [details]
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Selar boops)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase images (Selar boops, Indonesia, by Allen, G.R.)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 88 proteins)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 88 proteins) (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx freeri P01951 illustration) (from synonym Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Selar boops RAD117410-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Selar boops USNM 431588 lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Selar boops)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx gervaisi Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase images (Selar boops, Indonesia, by Allen, G.R.)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 88 proteins)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 88 proteins) (from synonym Caranx boops Cuvier, 1833)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx freeri P01951 illustration) (from synonym Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Selar boops RAD117410-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Selar boops USNM 431588 lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
