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Scomberoides

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Scomberoides
Double-spotted queenfish (S. lysan)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Scomberoidinae
Genus: Scomberoides
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Scomberoides noelii
Lacepède, 1801

Scomberoides is a genus of carangids, known as the queenfishes, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The species in this genus may be venomous with the venom found on the spines of the dorsal and anal fins.

Species

Currently, five species in this genus are recognized:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scomberoides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. Bruce W.Halstead; Dana D.Danielson; Wayne J.Baldwin & Paul C.Engen (1972). "Morphology of the venom apparatus of the leatherback fish Scomberoides sanctipetri (Cuvier)". Toxicon. 10 (3): 249–250. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(72)90010-4. PMID 5072090. Abstract
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scomberoides". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. Abdussamad, E.M., A. Gopalakrishnan, K.G. Mini, S. Sukumaran, P.R. Divya, T.B. Retheesh, A.A. Muhammed, N.V. Dipti, A.R. Akhil, T. Thomas and K.D. Jacob: Description of a new species of queenfish, Scomberoides pelagicus from Indian seas. J. Environ. Biol., 43, 105-114 (2022).
Taxon identifiers
Scomberoides


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