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SU 9066 Caranx altissimus Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.], 1905 Holotype  [Collection database record]
altissimus, Caranx Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:7, Pl. 3 [Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences (Iowa). v. 10; ref. 10645] Hong Kong. Holotype: CAS-SU 9066. Paratypes: CAS-SU 9797 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1999:2695 [ref. 24833]). •Synonym of Turrum coeruleopinnatum (Rüppell 1830). Current status: Synonym of Turrum coeruleopinnatum (Rüppell 1830). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.
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SU 2845 Caranx medusicola Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1895 Syntype  [Collection database record] Published as SU 2645.
medusicola, Caranx Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:430, Pl. 34 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1895.5.27.108 [from Jordan] (1); CAS-SU 2845 [not 2645 as published] (42), 63326 (1). •Synonym of Caranx melampygus Cuvier 1833 -- (Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:956 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:294 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2714 [ref. 24833], Kottelat 2013:333 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Caranx melampygus Cuvier 1833. Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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SU 406 Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan [D. S.] & Osgood [C. M.], 1897 Syntype  [Collection database record]
ectenurus, Chloroscombrus Jordan [D. S.] & Osgood [C. M.] in Jordan & Rutter 1897:101 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 49; ref. 10644] Jamaica. Syntypes: CAS-SU 406 (4), 4863 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:314 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:736 [ref. 18644]). Current status: Synonym of Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus 1766). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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SU 4863 Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan [D. S.] & Osgood [C. M.], 1897 Syntype  [Collection database record]
ectenurus, Chloroscombrus Jordan [D. S.] & Osgood [C. M.] in Jordan & Rutter 1897:101 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 49; ref. 10644] Jamaica. Syntypes: CAS-SU 406 (4), 4863 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:314 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:736 [ref. 18644]). Current status: Synonym of Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus 1766). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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SU 14375 Decapterus polyaspis Walford [L. A.] & Myers [G. S.], 1944 Holotype  [Collection database record]
polyaspis, Decapterus Walford [L. A.] & Myers [G. S.] 1944:45 [Copeia 1944 (no. 1); ref. 12289] Off Reedsport, Oregon, U.S.A. Holotype: CAS-SU 14375. Paratypes: ROM 10337 (1); CAS-SU 14376-79 (1, 1, 1, 1); USNM 143676 (1). Additional material: Pacific Biological Station (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres 1855) -- (Nekrasov 1994:142 [ref. 24544], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:985 [ref. 22829]). Current status: Synonym of Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres 1855). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.
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SU 5819 Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert [C. H.], 1898 Holotype  [Collection database record]
zelotes, Hemicaranx Gilbert [C. H.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:2845 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Panama. Lectotype: ?CAS-SU 5819. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1903.5.15.174 (1). Author is C. H. Gilbert. Lectotype established in caption to Pl. 12 (fig. 22) in Gilbert & Starks 1904 [ref. 1639]. •Valid as Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert 1898 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:127 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:106 [ref. 23101], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:968 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:87 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:278 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:290 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:118 [ref. 37547], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Page et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32708], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:396 [ref. 34894], Fourriére et al. 2016:458 [ref. 34668], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:154 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert 1898. Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.
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SU 11563 Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1895 Holotype  [Collection database record] Mistakenly published as SU 1563.
hopkinsi, Hynnis Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:435, Pl. 35 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Harbor at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 11563. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Alectis ciliaris (Bloch 1787) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:730 [ref. 18644], McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]). Current status: Synonym of Alectis ciliaris (Bloch 1787). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.
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CAS 305 Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan [D. S.], Evermann [B. W.] & Wakiya [Y.], 1927 Holotype  [Collection database record]
albilinguis, Leucoglossa Jordan [D. S.], Evermann [B. W.] & Wakiya [Y.] in Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka 1927:661, Pl. 22 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 20); ref. 2454] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS 305. •Synonym of Uraspis secunda (Poey 1860) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:755 [ref. 18644], Mundy 2005:374 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Uraspis helvola (Forster 1801). Current status: Synonym of Uraspis helvola (Forster 1801). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.
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SU 27962 Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1932 Holotype  [Collection database record]
herklotsi, Leucoglossa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1932:151 [Hong Kong Naturalist v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 10977] Market in Hong kong. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 27962. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Uraspis uraspis (Günther 1860) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1999:2756 [ref. 24833]). Current status: Synonym of Uraspis uraspis (Günther 1860). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.
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SU 6799 Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.], 1904 Holotype  [Collection database record]
refulgens, Oligoplites Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:73, Pl. 11 (fig. 19) [Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences v. 4; ref. 1639] Panama market, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6799. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert & Starks 1904 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:217 [ref. 7106], Allen & Robertson 1994:127 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:104 [ref. 23101], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:971 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:91 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:283 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:278 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:118 [ref. 37547], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:396 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36544], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:211 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert & Starks 1904. Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.
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SU 14445 Scomber botla Shaw [G.], 1803 Neotype  [Collection database record]
botla, Scomber Shaw [G.] 1803:591 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Vizagapatam, India. Neotype: CAS-SU 14445. The name is available, based primarily on Russel's Fig. 142. Neotype designated by Smith-Vaniz & Walsh 2019:21 [ref. 36875]. •Synonym of Trachinotus russelii Cuvier 1832 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:322 [ref. 6207] as not available). •Valid as Trachinotus botla (Shaw 1803) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1986:659 [ref. 5718], Allen & Swainston 1988:74 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:586 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:168 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:188 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:116 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:168 [ref. 25919], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2747 [ref. 24833], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:201 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:314 [ref. 28072], Hoese & Gates 2006:1170 [ref. 28997], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter 2014:[3] 545 [ref. 33922], Psomadakis et al. 2015:230 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:188 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:219 [ref. 36495], Smith-Vaniz & Walsh 2019:17 [ref. 36875], Zajonz et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:433 [ref. 37272], Smith-Vaniz 2022:64 [ref. 39876], Zajonz et al. 2022:129 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Trachinotus botla (Shaw 1803). Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Madagascar east to east coast of India, Myanmar and Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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CAS 2164 Seriola colburni Evermann [B. W.] & Clark [H. W.], 1928 Holotype  [Collection database record] Head, skin, and fins - internal bones removed.
colburni, Seriola Evermann [B. W.] & Clark [H. W.] 1928:685, Pl. 27 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 22); ref. 5565] Off Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): CAS 2164 (skin). See Grove & Lavenberg 1997:371 [ref. 24023] [but also see McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]]. •Synonym of Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes 1833 -- (Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:839 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:748 [ref. 18644], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:979 [ref. 22829], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2741 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2503 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes 1833. Carangidae: Naucratinae. Habitat: marine.
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SU 2691 Trachinotus culveri Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1895 Syntype  [Collection database record]
culveri, Trachinotus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:439, Pl. 36 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Astillero at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Lectotype: CAS-SU 2691. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1895.5.27.118 (1) [from Jordan], CAS-SU 2691 (2, incl. lectotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 147, p. 3265 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable. •Synonym of Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner 1875 -- (Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:980 [ref. 22829] as cuvieri, Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:280 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner 1875. Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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SU 1455 Trachinotus goodei Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.], 1896 Syntype  [Collection database record]
goodei, Trachinotus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:943 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: CAS-SU 1455 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75-76 [ref. 12291]. Based on specimen and literature. •Valid as Trachinotus goodei Jordan and Evermann 1896 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:165 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:134 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:295 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:108 [ref. 24474], Murdy et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23144], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:246 [ref. 25013], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2000:399 [ref. 24427], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1466 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:82 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:301 [ref. 28815], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Matamoros et al. 2009:18 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:49 [ref. 33341], Spier et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36103], Robertson et al. 2020:152 [ref. 38098], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:69 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:149 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:43 [ref. 40710]). Current status: Valid as Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann 1896. Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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SU 2690 Trachinotus paloma Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1895 Syntype  [Collection database record]
paloma, Trachinotus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:437 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Puerto Viejo, north of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Syntypes: CAS-SU 213 (5), 2690 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:76 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Trachinotus paloma Jordan & Starks 1895 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:35 [ref. 39147]). •Synonym of Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier 1832 -- (Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:981 [ref. 22829] as paoma, Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:280 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier 1832. Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Habitat: marine.
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CAS 307 Uraspis reversa Jordan [D. S.], Evermann [B. W.] & Wakiya [Y.], 1927 Holotype  [Collection database record]
reversa, Uraspis Jordan [D. S.], Evermann [B. W.] & Wakiya [Y.] in Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka 1927:658, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 20); ref. 2454] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: CAS 307. Paratypes: CAS 309 (1). The type length of 6 in. in the text is in error; length about 11 in. •Synonym of Uraspis secunda (Poey 1860) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:755 [ref. 18644], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2755 [ref. 24833], Mundy 2005:374 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Uraspis helvola (Forster 1801). Current status: Synonym of Uraspis helvola (Forster 1801). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.
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SU 11996 Zalocys stilbe Jordan [D. S.] & McGregor [E. A.], 1898 Holotype  [Collection database record]
stilbe, Zalocys Jordan [D. S.] & McGregor [E. A.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:2848 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 11996. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:76 [ref. 12291]. Also appeared in Jordan & McGregor 1899:277, Pl. 5 [ref. 2488]. •Valid as Trachinotus stilbe (Jordan & McGregor 1898) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:129 [ref. 22193], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:983 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:90 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:374 [ref. 24023], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:445 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923]). Current status: Valid as Trachinotus stilbe (Jordan & McGregor 1898). Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.
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