本种首先由美国鱼类学家Samuel L. Mitchill在1815年根据从美国纽约湾水域采集的标本进行科学描述,该标本被指定为模式种。[1]他将这种物种命名为Scomber crysos,并提出了一个常见的名称“黄鲭鱼”,其学名在拉丁语中意为“黄金”。之后又被归类在Caranx,Carangoides或Paratractus属中,但目前被认为是有效的名称为Caranx crysos。[2]
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