oblongus, Caranx Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:128 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Vanikoro [New Guinea in register]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-6172. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:15 [ref. 12247]. •Mention -- (Dor 1984:126 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Caranx oblongus Cuvier 1833 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:34 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier 1833) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1986:645 [ref. 5718], Paxton et al. 1989:576 [ref. 12442], Gunn 1990:33[ref. 20141], Randall et al. 1997:512 [ref. 25919], Lin & Shao 1999:54 [ref. 23921], Fricke 1999:246 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2705 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:15 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:226 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:1154 [ref. 28997], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:56 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:432 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:182 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:202 [ref. 36495], Fricke et al. 2019:145 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:422 [ref. 37272], Smith-Vaniz 2022:43 [ref. 39876]). •Valid as Carangichthys oblongus (Cuvier 1833) -- (Nakabo 2000:804 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:804 [ref. 26001], Kimura 2009:117 [ref. 30425], Motomura et al. 2017:106 [ref. 35490], Kimura et al. 2022:46 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Carangichthys oblongus (Cuvier 1833). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, East Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.