Decapterus
Genus of fishes
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Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes of jack family, Carangidae, commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world.[1]
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| Decapterus Temporal range: | |
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| Koheru - D. koheru | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Caranginae |
| Genus: | Decapterus Bleeker, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Caranx kurra G. Cuvier, 1833 | |
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Species
Currently, there are 11 recognized species:[1][2]
- Decapterus akaadsi T. Abe, 1958
- Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875) (koheru)
- Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 (redtail scad)
- Decapterus macarellus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (mackerel scad)
- Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851 (shortfin scad)
- Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Japanese scad)
- Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (amberstripe scad)
- Decapterus punctatus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (round scad)
- Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) (Indian scad)
- Decapterus smithvanizi Kimura, Katahira & Kuriiwa, 2013[3]
- Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 (roughear scad)
The following fossil species are also known:[4]
- †Decapterus abbreviatus (Bogachev, 1933) (Early Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine)
- †Decapterus boeckhi (Kramberger, 1902) (Middle Miocene of Hungary)
- †Decapterus fusiformis Bannikov, 1996 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
- †Decapterus hopkinsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) (Late Miocene of California, USA)[5]
- †Decapterus praegracilis Bannikov, 1990 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
- †?Decapterus mizoramiensis Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001 (Early Miocene of Mizoram, India)[6]
- †Decapterus prorusselli Arambourg, 1927 (Late Miocene of Algeria)
- †Decapterus rigidicaudus (Heckel, 1854) (Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of Italy)
