Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Coryphaena argyrurus Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena chrysurus Lacepède, 1801, Coryphaena dolfyn Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena dorado Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena fasciolata Pallas, 1770, Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz, 1831, Coryphaena imperialis Rafinesque, 1810, Coryphaena japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1845, Coryphaena margravii Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena nortoniana Lowe, 1839, Coryphaena scomberoides Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena suerii Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena virgata Valenciennes, 1833, Coryphaena vlamingii Valenciennes, 1833, Lampugus siculus Valenciennes, 1833, Lepimphis hippuroides Rafinesque, 1810, Scomber pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Throughout tropical waters, in the eastern Pacific from Washington to Chile and Galapagos

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