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Uraspis

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Uraspis
Uraspis secunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Caranginae
Genus: Uraspis
(Bleeker, 1855)
Type species
Uraspis carangoides
(Bleeker, 1855)
Synonyms[1]

Uraspis is a genus of jacks.

Species

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The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Uraspis helvola (J. R. Forster, 1801) whitetongue jack Atlantic Ocean, it is found in west Africa. In the Indian Ocean, its range is from the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf south to eastern Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Comoros. It is also found in western India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Sea, western Sumatra, southern Indonesia, and western and southern Australia. In the Pacific Ocean, it is found off eastern Asia, around Hawaii, and New Zealand.
Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860) cottonmouth jack Western Indian Ocean, they are found off the coast of Tanzania, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, they are known from California to Costa Rica and Hawaii.
Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860) whitemouth jack the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, and from the Philippines to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan and east towards Hawaii.

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Carangidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Uraspis". FishBase. February 2013 version.