''Selar'' is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
es from the
family
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Carangidae
The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, and scads. It is the largest of the six families included within the order Carangiformes. Some authorities classify it as the only family ...
which includes the scads, jacks,
pompano
Pompanos ( ) are marine fishes in the genus ''Trachinotus'' in the family Carangidae (better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of the Carangidae, or the order Perciformes. Their appearance is o ...
s, trevallies and horse mackerels.
[ The generic name, ''Selar'', is the local name for the oxeye scad in Jakarta.]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
References
Caranginae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Marine fish genera
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