Cobia

For other uses, see Cobia (disambiguation).
"Lemonfish" redirects here. For the New Zealand fish, see Spotted estuary smooth-hound.

Cobia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Rachycentridae
Genus: Rachycentron
Species:
R. canadum
Binomial name
Rachycentron canadum
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gasterosteus canadus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Elacate canada (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Scomber niger (Bloch, 1793)
  • Apolectus niger (Bloch, 1793)
  • Elacate nigra (Bloch, 1793)
  • Naucrates niger (Bloch, 1793)
  • Centronotus gardenii (Lacepède, 1801)
  • Centronotus spinosus (Mitchill, 1815)
  • Rachycentron typus (Kaup, 1826)
  • Elacate motta (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Elacate bivittata (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Elacate atlantica (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Elacate malabarica (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Elacate pondiceriana (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Elacate nigerrima (Swainson, 1839)
  • Meladerma nigerrima (Swainson, 1839)
  • Elacate falcipinnis (Gosse, 1851)
  • Thynnus canadensis (Gronow, 1854)

The cobia (Rachycentron canadum) (/ˈkoʊbiə/, KOH-bee-ə) is a species of carangiform marine fish, the only extant representative of the genus Rachycentron and the family Rachycentridae. Its other common names include black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, codfish, and black bonito.

  1. ^ Collette, B.B.; Curtis, M.; Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Pina Amargos, F. (2015). "Rachycentron canadum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190190A70036823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190190A70036823.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rachycentron canadum". FishBase. August 2019 version.