WoRMS taxon details
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
126802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126802)
accepted
Species
Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Carangoides fusus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted
Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caranx pisquetus Cuvier, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paratractus crysos (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Scomber chrysos (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trachurus squamosus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 424, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 424, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Brazil; Bahamas, throughout the Caribbean, including Antilles and Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Brazil; Bahamas, throughout the Caribbean, including Antilles and Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126802 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 24 (figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 424, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Caranx pisquetus 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): 97 [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 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): no page number, Pl. 24 (figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 424, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Caranx pisquetus 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): 97 [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 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 (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 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]
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
Diet Feeds on fishes, shrimps, and other invertebrates [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Brazil; Bahamas, throughout the Caribbean, including Antilles and Gulf of Mexico [details]
Habitat A schooling species generally not far from the coast. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, aquarium [details]
Reproduction Spawns offshore from January through August [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | hardtailblue runner | [details] |
| French | carangue coubali | [details] |
| Hebrew | צנינית אטלנטית | [details] |
| Italian | leccia | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Τραχούρι | [details] |
| Spanish | jurelcojinuda negracojinua negra | [details] |
| Turkish | kral balik | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (113 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (132 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Scomber chrysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Paratractus crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Caranx pisquetus Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trachurus squamosus Gronow, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx crysos)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachurus squamosus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides fusus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Paratractus crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx pisquetus Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber chrysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase images (Caranx crysos, Croatia, by Nerlovic, V.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 137 proteins)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx crysos RAD116384-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx crysos RAD116391-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (132 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Scomber chrysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Paratractus crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Caranx pisquetus Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trachurus squamosus Gronow, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caranx crysos)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachurus squamosus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides fusus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Paratractus crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx pisquetus Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber chrysos (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase images (Caranx crysos, Croatia, by Nerlovic, V.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Caranx fusus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 137 proteins)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Scomber crysos Mitchill, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx crysos RAD116384-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx crysos RAD116391-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
