Scomberoides
| Scomberoides | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Double-spotted queenfish (S. lysan) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| 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.
Species
Currently, four species in this genus are recognized:[1]
- Scomberoides commersonnianus (Lacépède, 1801) (Talang queenfish)
- Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775) (doublespotted queenfish)
- Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832) (barred queenfish)
- Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832) (needle-scaled queenfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Scomberoides in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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