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Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Rachycentridae
genus
Rachycentron
species
Rachycentron canadum

Name

Synonyms
Apolectus niger (Bloch, 1793)
Centronotus gardenii Lacepède, 1801
Centronotus spinosus Mitchill, 1815
Elacate atlantica Cuvier, 1832
Elacate bivittata Cuvier, 1832
Elacate canada (Linnaeus, 1766)
Elacate falcipinnis Gosse, 1851
Elacate malabarica Cuvier, 1832
Elacate motta Cuvier, 1829
Elacate nigerrima Swainson, 1839
Elacate nigra (Bloch, 1793)
Elacate pondiceriana Cuvier, 1832
Gasterosteus canadus Linnaeus, 1766
Meladerma nigerrima (Swainson, 1839)
Naucrates niger (Bloch, 1793)
Rachicentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Rachycentrodon canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Rachycentron canadus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Rachycentron typus Kaup, 1826
Rachycentrum canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Homonyms
Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names
Aruan tasek in Malay
Bacalao in Spanish
Bacalao in Spanish
Bacalao in Spanish
Bacalao in Spanish
Bacalao in Spanish
Bacalhau in Portuguese
Bacalhau in Portuguese
Badee in language.
Balisukan in language.
Beijo-pirá in Portuguese
Beijupirá in Portuguese
Beiupirá in Portuguese
Bejupirá in Portuguese
Bijupirá in Portuguese
Biupirá in Portuguese
Black king in English
Black king fish in English
Black king fish in English
Black kingfish in English
Black kingfish in English
Black kingfish in English
Black kingfish in English
Black kingfish in English
Black salmon in English
Black salmon in English
Bonita in language.
Bonito in Spanish
Bonito negro in Spanish
Buntut karbo in Malay
Butterfish in English
Cabio in English
Cabio in Spanish
Caitay in language.
Canado in Portuguese
Cação-de-escama in Portuguese
Cação-de-escamas in Portuguese
Chancarona in Portuguese
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in French
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English
Cobia in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711. 10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4
  2. Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711. 10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4
  3. 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.
  4. Fowler 1943, 1951, Mann 1954, De Buen 1959a, Bahamonde & Pequeño 1975, Pequeño 1989, Sielfeld et al. 2010.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  7. Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312.
  8. Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312.
  9. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  10. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  11. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  12. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  16. 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.
  17. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  18. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  19. Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.
  20. Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.
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