Carangidae
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Bluefin_trevally_Caranx_melampygus_(5834347183).jpg.webp)
Caranx melampygus (blue trevally), one of the Carangidae
Etymology
From Caranx + -idae.
Proper noun
Carangidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Carangiformes – some percoid fish, including some called jack mackerel or trevally.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Carangiformes - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Alectis, Alepes, Atropus, Atule, Campogramma, Carangoides, Caranx, Chloroscombrus, Decapterus, Elagatis, Gnathanodon, Hemicaranx, Lichia, Megalaspis, Naucrates, Oligoplites, Pantolabus, Parastromateus, Parona, Pseudocaranx, Scomberoides, Selar, Selaroides, Selene, Seriola, Seriolina, Trachinotus, Trachurus, Ulua, Uraspis (genera)
References
Carangidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Carangidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Carangidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons