Biology:Rachycentron
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Short description: Genus of fish
| Rachycentron Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Rachycentridae Gill, 1896[1] |
| Genus: | Rachycentron Kaup, 1826[1] |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q14250612 entry
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