Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Carangidae
Genus: Selar
Species: S. boops – S. crumenophthalmus
Name
Selar Bleeker, 1851
References
Selar – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Selar species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
Vernacular names
English: Bigeye scads, Goggle-eyes, Gogglers
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]
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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