Vol. 38 No. 1, 1999
A Review of the Carangid Fishes (Family Carangidae) from
Taiwan with Descriptions of Four New Records
Pai-Lei
Lin and Kwang- Tsao Shao*
Institute
of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115
Pai-Lei
Lin and Kwang- Tsao Shao (1999) This paper reports on 54 species
belonging to 22 genera and 4 subfamilies of the family Carangidae
collected from waters around Taiwan. The following 4 species are new
records for Taiwan: Carangoides
gymnostethus, C. talamparoides,
Caranx bucculentus, and Trachinotus anak. Literature
records of Trachurus declivis
from Taiwan were based solely on misidentifications of T. japonicus. The following
additional 8 carangids are valid species previously reported from
Taiwan, but we have examined no museum specimens to confirm these
records. To facilitate identification of these species, we include them
in our keys but do not otherwise treat them here. They are Carangoides bajad, C. plagiotaenia, Oecapterus muroadsi, Alepes melanoptera, "A." kleinii, Selar boops, Seriola
quinqueradiatas, and S. lelendi.
Although we have examined fish market specimens of Carangoides humerosus and Ulua aurochs, they were probably
caught from some far-sea fishing port and not in waters around Taiwan.
Therefore we provisionally exclude them from our final list. Previous
literature records of carangids based on misidentifications or improper
use of junior synonyms are corrected in the paper. Keys, diagnoses,
remarks, and color photographs of each species are given in this paper.
Key words: Carangid
fishes, Scads, Jacks, Fish fauna, Taiwan.
*Correspondence: Tel: 886-2-27899545. Fax: 886-2-27883463.
E-mail: zoskt@gate.sinica.edu.tw

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