Selar (fish)
Selar is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the family Carangidae which includes the scads, jacks, pompanos, trevallies and horse mackerels.[2] The generic name, Selar, is the local name for the oxeye scad in Jakarta.[3]
| Selar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Bigeye scad (S. crumenophthalmus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Caranginae |
| Genus: | Selar Bleeker, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Caranx boops | |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833) | Oxeye scad | Indo-Pacific. |
 | Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) | Bigeye scad | Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Rapa, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to southern Angola |
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Selar". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Selar in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 August 2019). "Order CARANGIFORMES (Jacks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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