Abstract
A cladistic analysis of all known genera in the Carangidae was made mostly on the basis of external and osteological characters. Polarity for each character was determined by outgroup comparison using the echeneoids as the first outgroup and the Nematistiidae as the second. In the Carangini, there were four hypothesized monophyletic groups at the rank of sub-tribe. Parastro-mateus is the sister group of the remaining twenty-one carangine genera which are divided into three groups. The first group consists of a single genus Megalaspis. The second group is com-posed of Trachurus, Decapterus, Selar, Atule, Selaroides, Pantolabus, Alepes, Hemicaranx, Pseudo-caranx, Kaiwarinus, and Chloroscombrus. The third group comprises Uraspis, Caranx, Gnathano-don, Carangichthys, Carangoides, Atropus, Ulua, Alectis, and Selene.
