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''Chloroscombrus'' is a genus containing two species of tropical to temperate water marine fish in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae. Both members are commonly known as bumpers or bumperfish, with one species endemic to the Atlantic and the other to the eastern Pacific. They have a convex ventral profile compared to most other carangids, with small oblique mouths and low dorsal and anal fins. Phylogenetic studies have found they are most closely related to the jacks of the genus ''Hemicaranx'', with these genera plus ''Selar'', ''Selaroides'' and possibly ''Alepes'', making up a clade within the Caranginae subfamily. They are predatory fish which live in both inshore and offshore environments ranging from estuaries to the edge of the continental shelf, and are of moderate importance to fisheries. ==Taxonomy and phylogeny== ''Chloroscombrus'' is a genus containing two extant species. It is part of the jack family, Carangidae, a group of perciform fish in the suborder Percoidei. Recent phylogenetic studies using molecular information have placed ''Chloroscombrus'' in the subfamily Caranginae (or the tribe Carangini). The most recent phylogenetic study found the genus is very closely related to ''Hemicaranx'', with the genera ''Selar'', ''Selaroides'' and possibly ''Alepes'' also placed in a clade within the Carangini. The study also strongly supported the monophyly of ''Chloroscombrus'' ''Chloroscombrus'' was created by the French naturalist Charles Frédéric Girard in 1858 to accommodate a 'new' species he had described; ''Chloroscombrus caribbaeus'', making this the original type species. For some reason, probably a lack of a type specimen for ''C. carribaeus'', David Starr Jordan and Gilbert redesignated ''Micropteryx cosmopolita'' as the type species of ''Chloroscombrus'', which currently remains the accepted type species. However, both these names were subsequently found to be junior synonyms of Linnaeus' ''Scomber chrysurus'', effectively making ''Chloroscombrus chrysurus'' the type species. The name is derived from the Greek words ''chloros''; meaning green and ''skombros''; meaning fish, particularly mackerel. No species pertaining to ''Chloroscombrus'' are known from the fossil record. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chloroscombrus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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