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Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Carangidae
genus
Alectis
species
Alectis ciliaris

Name

Synonyms
Alectes ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Alectis breviventralis Wakiya, 1924
Alectis cilaris (Bloch, 1787)
Alectis cilliaris Bloch, 1787
Alectis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)
Alectis indica (Cuvier, 1833)
Alectis temmincki Wakiya, 1924
Blepharichthys crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)
Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Blepharis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826)
Blepharis fasciatus Rüppell, 1830
Blepharis indicus Cuvier, 1833
Blepharis major Cuvier, 1833
Blepharis sutor Cuvier, 1833
Carangoides ajax Snyder, 1904
Carangoides blepharis Bleeker, 1851
Caranx ajax (Snyder, 1904)
Gallus virescens Lacepède, 1802
Hynnis cubensis Poey, 1860
Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, 1895
Homonyms
Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Common names
Abacataia in Portuguese
Abacatina in Portuguese
Abacatuaia in Portuguese
Abacatuia in Portuguese
Abacatúxia in Portuguese
Abacutaia in Portuguese
African Pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
African pompano in English
Agori in Malayalam
Aile ronde in French
Aleto in Portuguese
Alipuron in language.
Almindelig trådfisk in Danish
Amberjack in English
Ampahan in language.
Ampahan in language.
Aracambé in Portuguese
Aracanguira in Portuguese
Aracangüira in Portuguese
Aranguira in Portuguese
Auveveru tapatai in Tahitian
Bambo in Arabic
Bandong in Malay
Buhokan in language.
Bukan in language.
Caballa in Spanish
Caballito in Spanish
Cahoa cure in language.
Carangue in French
Carangue à plumes in French
Cermin in Malay
Chicuaca in Spanish
Chicuaca in Spanish
Ciliated thread-fish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Jacks: Family Carangidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 411-427.
  4. Kong et al. 1985, Kong & Bolados 1987, Pequeño 1989, Sielfeld et al. 2010.
  5. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  6. 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.
  7. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354.
  10. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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