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Auxis thazard thazard  (Lacepède, 1800)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 613020

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Auxis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1854
  
    Scomber thazard Lacepède, 1800
  
    Auxis hira Kishinouye, 1915
  
  Common Name(s): frigate mackerel [English]
  
    melva aletilargo [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderScombroidei  – ribbonfishes, albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, bonites, germons, maquereaux, thons  
                                  FamilyScombridae  – albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, macarelas, maquereaux  
                                     SubfamilyScombrinae Bonaparte, 1831  
                                        TribeThunnini Starks, 1910  
                                           GenusAuxis Cuvier, 1829 – frigate mackerels, frigate tunas  
                                              SpeciesAuxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) – frigate mackerel, auxide, frigate tuna, melva  
                                                 SubspeciesAuxis thazard thazard (Lacepède, 1800) – frigate mackerel, melva aletilargo  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Bruce B. Collette  
  Notes: Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Auxis thazard thazard    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Auxis thazard thazard   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba   
  Page(s): 21-57   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-985-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Auxis thazard thazard   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., and Christopher R. Aadland  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision of the frigate tunas (Scombridae, Auxis), with descriptions of two new subspecies from the eastern Pacific   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishery Bulletin, vol. 94, no. 3   
  Page(s): 423-441   
  Publisher:    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Auxis thazard thazard   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., Carol Reeb, and Barbara A. Block / Barbara A. Block and E. Donald Stevens, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of the Tunas and Mackerels (Scombridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fish Physiology, vol. 19: Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution   
  Page(s): 1-33   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: San Diego, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-350443-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Auxis thazard thazard   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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