Sealife guideThe Carangiformes orderThe taxonomy of marine species

Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

African Pompano
(Alectis ciliaris)

Bar jack
(Caranx ruber)

Bigeye trevally
(Caranx sexfasciatus)

Black tail permit fish
(Trachinotus falcatus)

Blue runner
(Caranx crysos)

Bluefin trevally
(Caranx melampygus)

Crevalle jack
(Caranx hippos)

Double-spotted queenfish
(Scomberoides lysan)

Giant trevally
(Caranx ignobilis)

Golden trevally
(Gnathanodon speciosus)

Horse-eye jack
(Caranx latus)

Indian threadfish
(Alectis indica)

Leerfish
(Lichia amia)

Lookdown
(Selene vomer)

Orangespotted trevally
(Carangoides bajad)

Rainbow runner
(Elagatis bipinnulata)

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