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Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) Seriolichthys bipinnulatus
Date between 1700 and 1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Seriolichthys bipinnulatus
New Latin name Elagatis bipinnulata
Common name Nederlands: Regenboogstekelmakreel
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The rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata), also known as the rainbow yellowtail, Spanish jack and Hawaiian salmon, is a common species of pelagic marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the world, inhabiting both coastal and offshore areas. Rainbow runners are fast-swimming carnivores that take a wide range of prey, including a wide variety of small fishes, cephalopods, and pelagic or planktonic crustaceans, including, shrimp and crabs
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Naucratinae
Genus: Elagatis F.D. Bennett, 1840
Species: Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Synonyms
Seriola bipinnulata, Quoy and Gaimard, 1825
Seriolichthys bipinnulatus, (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Micropteryx bipinnulatus, (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Elagatis bipinnulatus, (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Irex indicus, Valenciennes, 1862
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