Ordem

Carangiformes

  Classe

Teleostei

  No. of Genera in Ref

33

  No. of Species in Ref

140

  Ambiente

Água doce : Yes | Estuarina : Yes | Marinhas : Yes

  Aquário

none

  Registro do primeiro fóssil

lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene

  Nota

Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body generally compressed, although body shape extremely variable from very deep to fusiform. Most species with only small cycloid scales. Scales along lateral line often modified into spiny scutes. Detached finlets, as many as nine, sometimes found behind dorsal and anal fins. Large juveniles and adults with 2 dorsal fins. Anterior dorsal fin with 3-9 spines; the second having 1 spine and usually 18-37 soft rays. Anal spines usually 3, the first 2 separate from the rest; soft rays usually 15-31. Widely forked caudal fin. Caudal peduncle slender. Pelvic fins lacking in Parona signata. Vertebrae 24-27 (modally 24). Fast swimming predators of the waters above the reef and in the open sea. Some root in sand for invertebrates and fishes. One of the most important families of tropical marine fishes; fished commercially and for recreation.

  Etimologia

French, carangue = name of fish given in Caribe.1836 ( Ref. 45335).

  Divisão

Marine

  Guilda reprodutiva

nonguarders

  Nível de atividade típico

active

  Ref. principal

Nelson, J.S. 1984

  Coordenador

Nelson, J.S. 1984