Decapterus

Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes of jack family, Carangidae, commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world.[1]

Decapterus
Koheru - D. koheru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Caranginae
Genus: Decapterus
Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Caranx kurra
G. Cuvier, 1833
Synonyms
  • Eustomatodus T. N. Gill, 1862
  • Evepigymnus T. N. Gill, 1862
  • Gymnepignathus T. N. Gill, 1862

Species

Currently, 11 recognized species are found in this genus:[1][2]

  • Decapterus akaadsi (T. Abe), 1958
  • Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875) (koheru)
  • Decapterus kurroides (Bleeker, 1855) (redtail scad)
  • Decapterus macarellus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (mackerel scad)
  • Decapterus macrosoma (Bleeker, 1851) (shortfin scad)
  • Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Japanese scad)
  • Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (amberstripe scad)
  • Decapterus punctatus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (round scad)
  • Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) (Indian scad)
  • Decapterus smithvanizi (Seishi Kimura, Katahira & Kuriiwa, 2013) [2]
  • Decapterus tabl (Berry, 1968) (roughear scad)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Decapterus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Kimura, S.; Katahira, K.; Kuriiwa, K. (2013). "The red-fin Decapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species, Decapterus smithvanizi". Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-013-0364-9.


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