Alectis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:84 Fem. Gallus virescens Lacepède 1802. Type by being a replacement name. As "Alectis R. [Rafinesque] Gallus Lac. [Lacepède]." An available replacement name for Gallus Lacepède 1802, preoccupied in Aves. •Valid as Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:157 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1984:524 [ref. 13664], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:820 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz 1986:640 [ref. 5718], Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207], Gushiken 1988:443 [ref. 6697], Paxton et al. 1989:573 [ref. 12442], Gunn 1990:9[ref. 20141], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:674 [ref. 21590], Lin & Shao 1999:48 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2663 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1429 [ref. 27083], Parin 2003:S6 [ref. 28536], Hoese & Gates 2006:1149 [ref. 28997], Kimura 2009:115 [ref. 30425], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:44 [ref. 36649], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:360 [ref. 33547], 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], Kimura et al. 2022:16 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Alectis Rafinesque 1815. Carangidae: Caranginae.