Trachurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:41 Masc. Trachurus saurus Rafinesque 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Type not Scomber trachurus Linnaeus 1758, not an included species or cited synonym; Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396] determined that Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 16, 1830:327 [ref. 3853] first designated saurus as type (see Berry & Cohen 1974:184-185 [ref. 7489]). Trachyurus Agassiz 1846:374 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Trachurus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:380 [ref. 7198], Smith-Vaniz 1986:659 [ref. 5718], Ben Salem 1988 [ref. 6736], Paxton et al. 1989:586 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:588 [ref. 22532], Nekrasov 1994:9 [ref. 24544], Stepien & Rosenblatt 1996:586 [ref. 22296], Lin & Shao 1999:60 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2662 [ref. 24833], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:648 [ref. 25968], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1430 [ref. 27083], Parin 2003:S8 [ref. 28536], Hoese & Gates 2006:1170 [ref. 28997], Smith-Vaniz 2008:580 [ref. 30654], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:45 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:363 [ref. 33547], Smith-Vaniz 2015:1260 [ref. 34200], Pietsch & Orr 2015:55 [ref. 34694], Bañón et al. 2016:322 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:188 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:87 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Trachurus Rafinesque 1810. Carangidae: Caranginae.