canadus, Gasterosteus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden) 1766:491 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A., western North Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): LSL 85 (right half-skin). Type information: Goode & Bean 1885:203 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1985:53 [ref. 20705]. Based on manuscript description and 1 specimen sent by A. Garden [South Carolina]. •Valid as Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Monod 1973:371 [ref. 7193], Kyushin et al. 1977:248 [ref. 19756], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:325 [ref. 14275], Dor 1984:121 [ref. 29757], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:153 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:422 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:156 [ref. 23100], Smith 1986:662 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:76 [ref. 25477], Scott & Scott 1988:371 [ref. 25518], Shaffer & Nakamura 1989 [ref. 13517], Pequeño 1989:60 [ref. 14125], Winterbottom et al. 1989:33 [ref. 13251], McAllister 1990:145 [ref. 14674], Quéro 1990:723 [ref. 18537], Boschung 1992:128 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:390 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:45 [ref. 24474], Kuiter 1993:169 [ref. 23929], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:157 [ref. 25472], Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:170 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:460 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:118 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:70 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:280 [ref. 26385] with genus as Rachycentrum, Murdy et al. 1997:176 [ref. 23144], Larson & Williams 1997:358 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:154 [ref. 23922], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Fricke 1999:241 [ref. 24106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:273 [ref. 24550], Collette 1999:2655 [ref. 24785], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:233 [ref. 25013], Johnson 1999:735 [ref. 25471] as canadus, Nakabo 2000:789 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:99 [ref. 26368], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:159 [ref. 27754], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639], Nakabo 2002:789 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:325, 602 [ref. 26218], O'Toole 2002:617 [ref. 26411], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Collette 2003:1420 [ref. 27087], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:79 [ref. 27192], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:72 [ref. 27510], Parin 2003:S5 [ref. 28536], Nelson et al. 2004:139 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:317 [ref. 28072], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:264 [ref. 28815], Hoese & Paxton 2006:1144 [ref. 29087], Gomon 2008:572 [ref. 30616], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:113 [ref. 30446], Motomura et al. 2010:114 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:424 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus 1766). Rachycentridae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Red Sea, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mascarenes), but except eastern Pacific; strays to Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: marine.