Alepes (subgenus of Trachinus) Swainson [W.] 1839:176, 248 Fem. Trachinus (Alepes) melanoptera Swainson 1839. Type by monotypy. Alepis Agassiz 1846:14 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Alepes Swainson 1839 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1984:524 [ref. 13664], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:155 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:820 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz 1986:641 [ref. 5718], Gushiken 1988:443 [ref. 6697], Paxton et al. 1989:574 [ref. 12442], Gunn 1990:11 [ref. 20141], Iwatsuki & Kimura 1996:183 [ref. 22266], Lin & Shao 1999:49 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2664 [ref. 24833], Hoese & Gates 2006:1150 [ref. 28997], Hoese & Gates 2006:1150 [ref. 28997], Kimura 2009:116 [ref. 30425], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:52 [ref. 31559], Motomura et al. 2017:104 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:179 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:82 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:143 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Alepes Swainson 1839. Carangidae: Caranginae.