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coeruleopinnatus, Caranx Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:100 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 2873. Paralectotypes: SMF 2874 (1). Spelled caeruleopinnatus on p. 142 and widely in literature; first reviser not established. Lectotype established by Dor 1984:124 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:276 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:200 [ref. 19754], Randall 1995:177 [ref. 22896], Myers 1999:137 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:245 [ref. 24106], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Ho & Shao 2011: 45 [ref. 31432], Smith-Vaniz 2022:39 [ref. 39876]). •Valid as Carangoides caeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:124 [ref. 29757], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:157 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:70 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:574 [ref. 12442], Smith-Vaniz 1986:643 [ref. 5718], Allen & Swainston 1988:70 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:158 [ref. 15987], Gunn 1990:16 [ref. 20141], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:224 [ref. 24016], Goren & Dor 1994:33 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:112 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:158 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:160 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:158 [ref. 25919], Lin & Shao 1999:51 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2695 [ref. 24833], Johnson 1999:733 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:808 [ref. 25086], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:99 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:808 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:326, 603 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:625 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:75 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:15 [ref. 27624] as caeruleopinnatus, Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715] as caeruleopinnatus, Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:302 [ref. 28072] as caeruleopinnatus, Randall 2005:223 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:121 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Gates 2006:1151 [ref. 28997] as caetuleopinnatus, Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:55 [ref. 30213], Kimura 2009:118 [ref. 30425], Allen & Erdmann 2012:430 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32988] as caeruleopinnatus, Psomadakis et al. 2015:218 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:107 [ref. 35490], Bogorodsky et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35534], Ali et al. 2018:322 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:181 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:83 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:129 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:48 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:144 [ref. 36673], Hata in Koeda & Ho 2019:730 [ref. 42393], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 16 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:419 [ref. 37272], Jaafar in Motomura et al. 2021:29 [ref. 38121], Nomura et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38488]). •Valid as Turrum coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Hasan et al. 2023:2209 [ref. 40412], Vilasri et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40764]). •Valid as Turrum coeruleopinnatum (Rüppell 1830) -- (Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:165 [ref. 41223], Kimura et al. 2022:28 [ref. 38998], Allen & Erdmann 2024:467 [ref. 40796], Kai & Gosho 2025:60 [ref. 42505], Eagderi et al. 2026:68 [ref. 42824], Golani & Fricke 2026:104 [ref. 42831], Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili 2026:258 [ref. 42910]). Current status: Valid as Turrum coeruleopinnatum (Rüppell 1830). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Nagasaki Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. IUCN (2017): Least Concern, as Carangoides coeruleopinnatus. Habitat: marine.


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