macarellus, Caranx Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:40 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Martinique, West Indies, western Atlantic. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-5850. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-6245 (1), B-2880 [ex MNHN 0000-5850] (1). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:14 [ref. 12247]. Lectotype selected by Berry 1968:161 [ref. 7867]. •Valid as Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier 1833) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:375 [ref. 7198], Dor 1984:128 [ref. 29757], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:154 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:828 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:161 [ref. 23100], Smith-Vaniz 1986:650 [ref. 5718], Allen & Swainston 1988:72 [ref. 25477], Scott & Scott 1988:376 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:579 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:163 [ref. 15987], Retzer 1990:139 [ref. 39996], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:736 [ref. 18644], Boschung 1992:131 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:287 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:73 [ref. 24474], Allen & Robertson 1994:126 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:104 [ref. 23101], Goren & Dor 1994:34 [ref. 25356], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:963 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:182 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:433 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:114 [ref. 23977], Santos et al. 1997:85 [ref. 23531], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:84 [ref. 24545], Pequeño 1997:83 [ref. 23536], Carpenter et al. 1997:161 [ref. 23922], Arruda 1997:83 [ref. 24952], Kuiter 1997:156 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:163 [ref. 25919], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Lin & Shao 1999:57 [ref. 23921], Myers 1999:140 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:250 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2719 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:240 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:73 [ref. 25466], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:798 [ref. 25086], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:13 [ref. 25806], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1644 [ref. 25634], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909] as cf. macarellus, Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:416 [ref. 26158], Nakabo 2002:798 [ref. 26001], Collette et al. 2003:109 [ref. 26784], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1445 [ref. 27083], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:80 [ref. 27192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:625 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:78 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Smith et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27621], Randall et al. 2004:15 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:140 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:117 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:231 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:368 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:282 [ref. 28815], Hoese & Gates 2006:1158 [ref. 28997], Wirtz et al. 2007:32 [ref. 30263], Randall 2007:232 [ref. 30952], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:57 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:116 [ref. 31256], Page et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32708], Kimura et al. 2013:[2] [ref. 32890], Wirtz et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:82 [ref. 33932], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:48 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33516], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:223 [ref. 34104], Pinheiro et al. 2015:18 [ref. 34324], Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2484 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:458 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Motomura et al. 2017:113 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:85 [ref. 36273], Almeida & Alves 2019:269 [ref. 37509], Bañón et al. 2019:190 [ref. 36706], Brown et al. 2019:167 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:49 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:147 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:194 [ref. 38139], Kim et al. 2020:125 [ref. 39118], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Psomadakis et al. 2020:426 [ref. 37272], Robertson et al. 2020:152 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37637], Durville et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38802], Kim et al. 2021:142 [ref. 39117], Kovačić et al. 2021:85 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:153 [ref. 39279], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:345 [ref. 38945], Fermon et al. 2022:238 [ref. 39448], Smith-Vaniz 2022:50 [ref. 39876], Carvalho-Filho 2023:144 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier 1833). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Red Sea; Persian Gulf; Sea of Japan; southern Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: marine.