kanagurta, Scomber Cuvier [G.] 1816:313 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Neotype: CAS 248440. Neotype selected by Bogorodsky et al. 2025:28 [ref. 41887]. Original type locality not stated [Vizagapatam, India]. Available as above based on footnote under Sc. [Scomber] ...autres espèces (1)" "(1)...--Aj. le kanagurta, Russ. Corom. 136 [= 1803:28, Pl. 136]." Also appeared in Cuvier 1829 as Canagurta, and in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:49 [ref. 1000]. Bauchot & Blanc 1961:374 [ref. 20733] and Blanc & Bauchot 1964:450-545, Figs. 24-26 [ref. 20804] list syntypes for Cuvier 1832:49, but Collette 1966:365 [ref. 14641] indicates that they are not types but he dates the species to Cuvier 1817 (= 1816). Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:565 [ref. 24106] as the specimen in Russell's Pl. 136 (specimen not in existence). •Valid as Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier 1816) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:312 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:247 [ref. 19754], Collette & Nauen 1983:48 [ref. 5375], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:224 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:263 [ref. 29757], Collette in Whitehead et al. 1986:988 [ref. 13676], Collette 1986:834 [ref. 5647], Allen & Swainston 1988:144 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:448 [ref. 15987], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:233 [ref. 24016], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:299 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:70 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:374 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:509 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:232 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:158 [ref. 26476], Larson & Williams 1997:373 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:224 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:448 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:278 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:564 [ref. 24106], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:252 [ref. 24754], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Mishra et al. 1999:89 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:751 [ref. 25471], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1346 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:445 [ref. 25191], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Collette 2001:3739 [ref. 26305] dated 1817, Collette et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25629], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:178 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:1346 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830] dated 1817. Collette 2003:6 [ref. 27312], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S121 [ref. 27377] dated 1817, Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:211 [ref. 27510] dated 1817, Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:45 [ref. 27712], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:416 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:60 [ref. 37112], Randall 2005:611 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:131 [ref. 28745], Bray et al. 2006:1773 [ref. 29091], Fricke et al. 2009:112 [ref. 30213], Kimura 2009:312 [ref. 30426], Motomura et al. 2010:230 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1041 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:218 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:204 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:430 [ref. 33460], Fricke et al. 2014:187 [ref. 33932], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:87 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:315 [ref. 34104], Muto et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 35081], Motomura et al. 2017:214 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:340 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:362 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:170 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:277 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:104 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:311 [ref. 36673], Hata in Koeda & Ho 2019:1176 [ref. 42393], Zajonz et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36871], Collette & Graves 2019:97 [ref. 37341], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 18 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:572 [ref. 37272], Golani 2021:83 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:35 [ref. 39014], Collette 2022:279 [ref. 40167], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:267 [ref. 41223], Zajonz et al. 2022:249 [ref. 40522], Vilasri et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1200 [ref. 40796], Bogorodsky et al. 2025:22 [ref. 41887], Eagderi et al. 2026:50 [ref. 42824], Giat et al. 2026:54 [ref. 43308], Siriwattanarat et al. 2026:48 [ref. 43293]). Current status: Valid as Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier 1816). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Perisan Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.