English > family Carangidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas. |
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| Synonym | 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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