Biology:Rachycentron

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Short description: Genus of fish

Rachycentron
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Rachycentron canadum Robertson.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Rachycentridae
Gill, 1896[1]
Genus: Rachycentron
Kaup, 1826[1]
Species
  • Rachycentron canadum (Cobia)
  • Rachycentron stremphaencus

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. 1.0 1.1 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. 
  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. 

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