''Scomberoides'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of carangids, known as the queenfishes, native to the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

and the western

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. The species in this genus may be

venom Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a ...

ous with the venom found on the spines of the

dorsal Dorsal (from Latin ''dorsum'' ‘back’) may refer to: * Dorsal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location referring to the back or upper side of an organism or parts of an organism * Dorsal, positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage * Dorsal co ...

and

anal fin Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as s ...

s. Abstract

Species

Currently, five species in this genus are recognized: * ''

Scomberoides commersonnianus ''Scomberoides commersonnianus'', the Talang queenfish, also known as giant dart, giant leatherskin, giant queenfish, largemouth queenfish, leatherjacket, leatherskin, and Talang leatherskin, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangi ...

'' Lacépède, 1801 (Talang queenfish) * ''

Scomberoides lysan The doublespotted queenfish (''Scomberoides lysan'') is a tropical game fish in family Carangidae (jacks). It is associated with reefs and ranges widely throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Other common names for this fish are giant dart, la ...

'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (doublespotted queenfish) * ''

Scomberoides pelagicus The Deepbodied Queenfish, ''Scomberoides pelagicus'', is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the jacks and related fishes. The fish's distribution range consists of the peninsular region of the Indian coast, the Malaysian re ...

'' E.M. Abdussamad, A. Gopalakrishnan, K.G. Mini, S. Sukumaran, P.R. Divya, T.B. Retheesh, A.A. Muhammed, N.V. Dipti, A.R. Akhil, T. Thomas and K.D. Jacob, 2022 Abdussamad, E.M., A. Gopalakrishnan, K.G. Mini, S. Sukumaran, P.R. Divya, T.B. Retheesh, A.A. Muhammed, N.V. Dipti, A.R. Akhil, T. Thomas and K.D. Jacob: Description of a new species of queenfish, Scomberoides pelagicus from Indian seas. J. Environ. Biol., 43, 105-114 (2022). (Deepbodied Queenfish) * ''

Scomberoides tala The barred queenfish (''Scomberoides tala''), also known as deep queenfish or deep leatherjacket, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack ...

'' ( Cuvier, 1832) (barred queenfish) * ''

Scomberoides tol The needlescaled queenfish (''Scomberoides tol''), also known as the slender queenfish, needleskin queenfish and slender leatherskin, is a tropical game fish in family Carangidae. Description ''Scomberoides tol'' is bluish-green to bluish-grey o ...

'' ( Cuvier, 1832) (needle-scaled queenfish)

References

Scomberoidinae Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Marine fish genera {{Ray-finned fish-stub