Decapterus macarellus

Body elongate, slender, and somewhat circular in cross section; posterior edge of upper jaw straight dorsally, moderately rounded and oblique ventrally; edge of shoulder girdle (cleithrum) with two small papillae, the lower one larger; dorsal and anal fins each followed by a separate finlet; black metallic blue green; belly is silvery white; dorsal edge of operculum with a small black mark (Ref. 55763). Bluish green above, silvery below; yellow-green caudal fin; small black opercular spot (Ref. 3197). No dark dots on lateral line; caudal fin reddish (Ref. 13442).

• Caranx jacobaeus Cuvier, 1833
• Caranx pinnulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
• Decapterus macarallus (Cuvier, 1833)
• Caranx jacobeus Cuvier, 1833
• Decapterus pinnulatus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
• Caranx macarellus Cuvier, 1833
• Decapterus canonoides Jenkins, 1903