Rachycentron

Rachycentron
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Rachycentridae
Gill, 1896[1]
Genus: Rachycentron
Kaup, 1826[1]
Species

Rachycentron is the only known member genus of the family Rachycentridae. The genus contains a single living species, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum), and the Late Miocene fossil species Rachycentron stremphaencus from Maryland.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. S2CID 31014657.
  2. ^ Stephen J. Godfrey; Giorgio Carnevale (2020). "A new cobia (Teleostei, Rachycentridae) species from the Miocene St. Marys Formation along Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (3): 630–637. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.107. S2CID 233301980.


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