WoRMS taxon details
Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851
218426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218426)
accepted
Species
Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946 · unaccepted
Decapterus macrosorna Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe geslachten en soorten van Makreelachtige visschen van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 341-372. [details]
Description Forms schools. Feeds on small invertebrate plankton (Ref. 5213).
Description Forms schools. Feeds on small invertebrate plankton (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218426 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe geslachten en soorten van Makreelachtige visschen van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 341-372. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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 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
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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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Forms schools. Feeds on small invertebrate plankton (Ref. 5213). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shortfin scad | [details] |
| Japanese | モロ | [details] |
| Spanish | macarela alicorta | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (338 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Decapterus macrosoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Decapterus macrosorna Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase images (Decapterus macrosoma, Jordan, by Khalaf, M.A.)
To GenBank (375 nucleotides; 386 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Decapterus afuerae USNM 77733 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Decapterus macrosoma RAD116684-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Decapterus macrosoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Decapterus macrosorna Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase images (Decapterus macrosoma, Jordan, by Khalaf, M.A.)
To GenBank (375 nucleotides; 386 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Decapterus afuerae USNM 77733 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Decapterus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Decapterus macrosoma RAD116684-001)
To ITIS
