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Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Carangidae
genus
Decapterus
species
Decapterus punctatus

Name

Synonyms
Caranx punctatus Cuvier, 1829
Caranx sanctaehelenae Cuvier, 1833
Decapterus sanctaehelenae (Cuvier, 1833)
Decapterus santa-helenae (Cuvier, 1833)
Homonyms
Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Common names
Cavala-branca in Portuguese
Charro-moiro in Portuguese
Cigar Minnow in English
Cigar Minnow in English
Cigarfish in English
Cigarfish in English
Comète quiaquia in French
Comète quiaquia, Comète kia-kia in French
Dotted Scad in English
Dotted scad in English
Helena Scad in English
Macarela chuparaco in Spanish
Mackerel Scad in English
Maulo in language.
Moulo in language.
Plettet hestemakrel in Danish
Pollock in English
Quia-quia, Quiaquia in French
Quiaquia in French
Quiaquia in French
Robin in English
Round Robin in English
Round Scad in English
Round Scad in English
Round scad in English
Round scad in English
Scad in English
Summer Stonebrass in English
Surela in Spanish
Trzogon atlantycki in Polish
antonino punteado in Spanish
antonino punteado in Spanish
comète quiaquia in French
comète quiaquia in French
comète quiaquia in French
kranas puntíkatý in Czech
macarela chuparaco in Spanish
macarela chuparaco in Spanish
macarela chuparaco in Spanish
pilkkupiikkimakrilli in Finnish
round robin in English
round robin in English
round scad in English
round scad in English
Круглая ставрида in Russian
クロホシムロアジ in Japanese
黑點圓鰺 in Chinese
Moulo in language.
Round Scad in English
Round Scad in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
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  6. Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez, et al., eds., 2023: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37. vii + 439.
  7. 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.
  8. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  9. Smith-Vaniz, W. F., 2016: Carangidae. The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic, vol. 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes to Tetraodontiformes) and Sea turtles. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. 2454-2664.
  10. Smith-Vaniz, W. F., J. C. Quéro, and M. Desoutter, 1990: Carangidae. Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. CLOFETA, vol. 2. 729-755.
  11. Smith-Vaniz, William F., and Howard L. Jelks, 2014: Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa, vol. 3803, no. 1. 1-120.
  12. Springer, Victor G., and William F. Smith-Vaniz, 2008: Supraneural and pterygiophore insertion patterns in carangid fishes, with description of a new Eocene carangid tribe, +Paratrachinotini, and a survey of anterior anal-fin pterygiophore insertion patterns in Acanthomorpha. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 16. 1-73.
  13. Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
  14. 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
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