Rachycentron
Genus of ray-finned fish
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Rachycentron is the only known member genus of the family Rachycentridae. The genus contains a single living species, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum), and the Late Miocene fossil species Rachycentron stremphaencus from Maryland.[2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Rachycentridae Gill, 1896[1] |
| Genus: | Rachycentron Kaup, 1826[1] |
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