Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Carangiformes

Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alectis Rafinesque, 1815
Alepes Swainson, 1839
Campogramma Regan, 1903
Caranx Lacepède, 1801
Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
Elagatis Bennett, 1840
Lichia Cuvier, 1816
Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863
Selar Bleeker, 1851
Selene Lacepède, 1802
Seriola Cuvier, 1816
Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801
Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: jacks and pompanos sources: MASDEA (1997).

German: Stachelmakrelen sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: アジ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: hestmakrellfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: hestmakrellfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: taggmakrillfiskar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125523