WoRMS taxon details
Scyris indica Rüppell, 1830
1888072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1888072)
accepted
Species
Scyris Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
Alectes indicus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hynnis insanus Valenciennes, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hynnis momsa Herre, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Seriolichthys indicus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Taxonomic remark The gender of the genera Scyris and Alectis is feminine, so indica is the correct species spelling.
Taxonomic remark The gender of the genera Scyris and Alectis is feminine, so indica is the correct species spelling. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scyris indica Rüppell, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1888072 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hynnis insanus Valenciennes, 1862) Valenciennes, A. (1862). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons envoyées de Bourbon par M. Morel, directeur du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de cette île. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> v. 54: 1165-1170; (suite) 1201-1207. [details]
original description (of Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Hynnis momsa Herre, 1927) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1927). Hynnis momsa, a new Philippine pampano. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> v. 34 (no. 2): 235-236, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Hynnis momsa Herre, 1927) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1927). Hynnis momsa, a new Philippine pampano. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> v. 34 (no. 2): 235-236, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The gender of the genera Scyris and Alectis is feminine, so indica is the correct species spelling. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hynnis momsa Herre, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Seriolichthys indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hynnis insanus Valenciennes, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Hynnis insanus Valenciennes, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Hynnis momsa Herre, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectes indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Seriolichthys indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 85 proteins) (from synonym Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Seriolichthys indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hynnis insanus Valenciennes, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Hynnis insanus Valenciennes, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Hynnis momsa Herre, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectes indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Seriolichthys indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 85 proteins) (from synonym Scyris indicus Rüppell, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830))
