Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Carangoides sexfasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (subsequent combination), Carangus marginatus Gill, 1863, Carangus rhabdotus Jenkins, 1903, Caranx belengerii Cuvier, 1833, Caranx butuanensis Seale, 1910, Caranx elacate Jordan & Evermann, 1903, Caranx flavocoeruleus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844, Caranx forsteri Cuvier, 1833, Caranx fosteri Cuvier, 1833, Caranx marginatus (Gill, 1863), Caranx oshimai Wakiya, 1924, Caranx paraspistes Richardson, 1848, Caranx peronii Cuvier, 1833, Caranx sexfaciatus elacate (Jordan & Evermann, 1903), Caranx sexfaciatus marginatus (Gill, 1863), Caranx tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856, Caranx thompsoni Seale, 1905, Caranx xanthopygus Cuvier, 1833, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Taxon origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific; equatorial region of the eastern Pacific from Mazatlan, Mexico to Ecuador and Galapagos

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• IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org

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