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View Mode View All Pictures Species Alepes melanoptera (Swainson 1839)    Alepes melanoptera was originally described as Trachinus (Alepes) melanoptera by Swainson in 1839. It belongs to the family Carangidae and subfamily Caranginae. It is commonly known as Blackfin scad but has many other common names such as Shortfin scad in USA (contiguous states), Seguro-mabuta-aji in Japan, Layaw in Philippines, Jinnes in Bahrain, Selar aile noire in France. more common names It is found in Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanoptera AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] AuthorNI   Swainson Qualification   --- Year   1839 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Carangiformes Carangiformes Family   Carangidae Subfamily   Caranginae Caranginae Genus   Alepes Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Carangiformes Family   Carangidae Subfamily   Caranginae Genus   Alepes Original Name   Trachinus (Alepes)         Taxon Name   melanoptera Original Combination   Trachinus (Alepes) melanoptera Original Genus   Trachinus Original Genus Species   Trachinus (Alepes) melanoptera OriginalSubGenus   Trachinus Original Author   Swainson Original AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1839 Original Family   Trachinidae Original SubFamily   Caranginae Original Level   species Type Locality   Vizagapatam, India. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types known Page   248 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Alepes melanoptera Current Species   melanoptera Current Genus Alepes Current AuthorWI Bleeker [P.] Current AuthorNI   Bleeker Current Year   1839 Current Family Carangidae Current Subfamily Caranginae Caranginae Habitat pelagic         Water Brackish and Salt water     Distribution Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Current Summary   Valid as Alepes melanoptera  (Swainson 1839). Carangidae.   Name History   • Valid as Trachinus melanoptera  Swainson 1839 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:212 [ref. 19754]). • Valid as Alepes melanoptera  (Swainson 1839) -- (Randall 1995:174 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:421 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:156 [ref. 23922], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2689 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Kimura 2009:117 [ref. 30425]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (20 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   apercna Alepes apercna Grant [E. M.] (ex Smith-Vaniz) 1987 Valid bicolor Alepes bicolor (Günther [A.] 1860) Synonym brevis Alepes brevis (Bleeker [P.] 1851) Synonym calla Alepes calla (Günther [A.] 1860) Not available djedaba Alepes djedaba (Forsskål [P. S.] 1775) Valid glabra Alepes glabra Fowler [H. W.] 1904 Synonym kalla Alepes kalla (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833) Synonym kleinii Alepes kleinii (Bloch [M. E.] 1793) Valid kuhlii Alepes kuhlii (Bleeker [P.] 1851) Action macrurus Alepes macrurus (Bleeker [P.] 1851) Synonym malam Alepes malam (Bleeker [P.] 1851) Synonym marginatus Alepes marginatus (Bleeker [P.] 1862) Synonym mate Alepes mate (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833) Synonym microbrachium Alepes microbrachium (Fowler [H. W.] 1934) Synonym nigripinnis Alepes nigripinnis (Day [F.] 1876) Synonym para Alepes para (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833) Synonym pectoralis Alepes pectoralis (Chu [Y.-T.] & Cheng [W.-L.] 1958) Synonym scitula Alepes scitula Fowler [H. W.] 1904 Synonym vari Alepes vari (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833) Valid xanthurus Alepes xanthurus (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833) Action Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (20 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…