English > Carangidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas. |
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Synonym | family Carangidae |
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Member of | Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi | One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water |
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Members | Alectis, genus Alectis | A genus of Carangidae |
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Caranx, genus Caranx | type genus of the Carangidae |
Decapterus, genus Decapterus | scads especially mackerel scad |
Elagatis, genus Elagatis | A genus of Carangidae |
Naucrates, genus Naucrates | A genus of Carangidae |
Oligoplites, genus Oligoplites | leatherjackets |
Selar, genus Selar | big-eyed scad |
Selene, genus Selene | A genus of Carangidae |
Seriola, genus Seriola | A genus of Carangidae |
Trachinotus, genus Trachinotus | A genus of Carangidae |
Trachurus, genus Trachurus | The scads (particularly horse mackerels) |
carangid fish, carangid | A percoid fish of the family Carangidae |
jack | Any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas |
scad | Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae |
Broader | fish family | Any of various families of fish |
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Spanish | carángidos |
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Catalan | Carangidae, Caràngid, caràngids |
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Adjectives | carangid | of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae |
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