WoRMS taxon details
Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833
273274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273274)
accepted
Species
Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caranx senegalus Cuvier, 1833 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273274 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details]
original description (of Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883) Steindachner, F. (1883). Ichthyologische Beiträge (XIII). <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse.</em> v. 20 (no. 22): 194-197. [details]
original description (of Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867) Steindachner, F. (1867). Ichthyologische Notizen, vierte Folge. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 4 (no. 8): 63-64. [. [details]
original description (of Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883) Steindachner, F. (1883). Ichthyologische Beiträge (XIII). <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse.</em> v. 20 (no. 22): 194-197. [details]
original description (of Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867) Steindachner, F. (1867). Ichthyologische Notizen, vierte Folge. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 4 (no. 8): 63-64. [. [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
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 (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caranx senegalus Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx senegallus)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx senegalus Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116493-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116497-001) (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116497-002) (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116500-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caranx senegalus Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx senegallus)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx senegalus Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx macrops Steindachner, 1867)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116493-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116497-001) (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116497-002) (from synonym Caranx africanus Steindachner, 1883)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx senegallus RAD116500-001)
To ITIS
