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Definition of Decapterus
1. Noun. Scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Carangidae, Family Carangidae
Member holonyms: Decapterus Macarellus, Mackerel Scad, Mackerel Shad, Cigarfish, Decapterus Punctatus, Quiaquia, Round Scad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapterus
Literary usage of Decapterus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The mackerel scads (Decapterus) have also a ... Decapterus russelli is the Marn-
aji, highly valued in Japan for its abundance, while Decapterus ..."
2. Osteology of Certain Scombroid Fishes by Edwin Chapin Starks (1911)
"... Trachurus and Decapterus the first ... and Decapterus, in deep pits, whose
edges are raised above the body of the centra. ..."
3. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"Decapterus punctatus : Cigar-fish: Round Robin (p. 230). Decapterus macarellus :
Mackerel Scad (p. 230). Trachurus trachurus: Common Scad (p. 231). ..."
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