Decapterus

Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes of jack family, Carangidae, commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world.^[1]

Decapterus Temporal range: Late Oligocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Koheru - D. koheru
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Caranginae
Genus:	Decapterus Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Caranx kurra G. Cuvier, 1833
Synonyms
Eustomatodus T. N. Gill, 1862 Evepigymnus T. N. Gill, 1862 Gymnepignathus T. N. Gill, 1862

Species

Currently, there are 11 recognized species:^[1][2]

• Decapterus akaadsi T. Abe, 1958
• Decapterus koheru (Hector, 1875) (koheru)
• Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 (redtail scad)
• Decapterus macarellus (G. Cuvier, 1833) (mackerel scad)
• Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851 (shortfin scad)
• Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Japanese scad)
• Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (amberstripe scad)
• Decapterus punctatus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (round scad)
• Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) (Indian scad)
• Decapterus smithvanizi Kimura, Katahira & Kuriiwa, 2013^[3]
• Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 (roughear scad)

The following fossil species are also known:^[4]

• †Decapterus abbreviatus (Bogachev, 1933) (Early Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine)
• †Decapterus boeckhi (Kramberger, 1902) (Middle Miocene of Hungary)
• †Decapterus fusiformis Bannikov, 1996 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
• †Decapterus hopkinsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) (Late Miocene of California, USA)^[5]
• †Decapterus praegracilis Bannikov, 1990 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
• †?Decapterus mizoramiensis Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001 (Early Miocene of Mizoram, India)^[6]
• †Decapterus prorusselli Arambourg, 1927 (Late Miocene of Algeria)
• †Decapterus rigidicaudus (Heckel, 1854) (Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of Italy)