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Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833

Bluefin trevally
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Reunion Island [La] (La Réunion) country information

Common names: Carangue bleue
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: MHNRUN 93, 267; MNHN 4730 (Ref. 33390). Also Ref. 3287.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/re.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Caranx: French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre récifal; profondeur 0 - 190 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 35°N - 35°S, 30°E - 78°W

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