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Species Name:     Alectis ciliaris
Common Name:      (African Pompano)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Carangidae Alectis


The African Pompano, Alectis ciliaris.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries. 		Species Name:
Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

Common Name:
African pompano