Genus of fishes
Decapterus genus of marinefishes of jack family,Carangidae , commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world.[ 1]
Currently, there are 11 recognized species:[ 1] [ 2]
Decapterus akaadsi T. Abe , 1958Decapterus koheru (Hector , 1875) (koheru)Decapterus kurroides Bleeker , 1855Decapterus 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 , 1968The following fossil species are also known:[ 4]
†Decapterus abbreviatus (Bogachev, 1933) (Early Miocene ofCrimea , Ukraine) †Decapterus boeckhi (Kramberger , 1902) (Middle Miocene ofHungary ) †Decapterus fusiformis Bannikov, 1996 (Early Miocene ofNorth 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 ofMizoram , India)[ 6] †Decapterus prorusselli Arambourg , 1927Algeria ) †Decapterus rigidicaudus (Heckel , 1854) (Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of Italy) ^a b Froese, Rainer ;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusDecapterus " .FishBase ^ "Decapterus Bleeker, 1851" .WoRMS .World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved27 December 2023 .^ Kimura, S.; Katahira, K.; Kuriiwa, K. (2013). "The red-finDecapterus group (Perciformes: Carangidae) with the description of a new species,Decapterus smithvanizi ".Ichthyological Research .60 (4):363– 379.Bibcode :2013IchtR..60..363K .doi :10.1007/s10228-013-0364-9 .S2CID 18987387 . ^ Bannikov, A. F. (1996)."New Carangid Fish (Perciformes) from the Upper Maikop Deposits of Krasnodar Region" .Paleontological Journal .30 (1):67– 74. ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890).Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link )^ Tiwari, R. P.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2001)."Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram, India" .Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria .25 :11– 26.
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