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Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Blepharis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Caranx alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Caranx goreensis (Cuvier, 1833)
Gallichthys aegyptiacus Cuvier, 1833
Gallichtys aegyptiacus Cuvier, 1833
Gallus alexandrinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
Hynnis goreensis Cuvier, 1833
Scyris alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Scyris alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Selene goreensis (Cuvier, 1833)
Vomer alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Homonyms
Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Common names
African threadfish in English
African threadfish in English
African threadfish in English
African threadfish in English
Aleksandria niitkiir in Estonian
Alektis in Russian
Alexandria pompano in English
Alexandria pompano in English
Alexandria pompano in English
Alexandria pompano in English
Alexandria pompano in English
Alexandria pompano in English
Alexandria-trådfisk in Danish
Ben gurion in Arabic
Blanka in Polish
Carangue in English
Cermin in Malay
Charro-enxada in Portuguese
Charro-largo in Portuguese
Coa in Portuguese
Cordonnier bossu in French
Cordonnier bossu in French
Cordonnier bossu in French
Dabashtan in Hebrew
Enxada-enxada in Portuguese
Enxareu-enxada in Portuguese
Fadenmakrele in German
Fanfar in Wolof
Fantar in Wolof
Fantar in Wolof
Fofoe in language.
Grbavi čizmar in Croatian
Houngogbakannon in language.
Hynnis de Gorée in French
Iskender baligi in Turkish
Jamal in Arabic
Jurel de Alejandria in Spanish
Jurel de Alejandría in Spanish
Jurel de Alejandría in Spanish
Khiniss in Russian
Makrelenbarsch in German
Mboulou vangà in language.
Mussolini in French
N'gogba in Ewe
Pata pata in language.
Platykokali in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Pomp in English
Pompano in English
Pompi yékhé in language.
Pompi yékhé pomé in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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