para, Caranx Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:58 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Malabar, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-6161. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-6104 (1), A-6105 (2). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:15-16 [ref. 12247] with A.6161 as holotype; MNHN A.6161 designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1283 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Alepes para (Cuvier 1833) -- (Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:155 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Caranx para Cuvier 1833 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:72 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:578 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:162 [ref. 15987], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:223 [ref. 24016], Allen 1997:114 [ref. 23977], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:245 [ref. 24754], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:99 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:31 [ref. 27712]). •Synonym of Alepes kleinii (Bloch 1793) -- (Randall 1995:174 [ref. 22896], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2688 [ref. 24833] as "Alepes", Smith-Vaniz 2001:577 [ref. 25284], Hoese & Gates 2006:1156 [ref. 28997], Ali et al. 2018:323 [ref. 36183], Smith-Vaniz 2022:34 [ref. 39876]). Current status: Synonym of Alepes kleinii (Bloch 1793). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.