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Definition of Genus trachurus
1. Noun. The scads (particularly horse mackerels).
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Carangidae, Family Carangidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Trachurus
Literary usage of Genus trachurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"His library was bought by Bryn Mawr College. SAUREL. A small active carangid
marine fish of the genus Trachurus. One species (Trachurus sauras) ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... D. macarellus, which is found in the warmer parts of the Atlantic. It strays
northward on our coast to Cape Cod. The genus Trachurus ..."
3. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1838)
"genus trachurus.—First dorsal fin very short, the second very long ; operculum
furnished with a strong sharp spine directed backwards ..."
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