Cobia
Scientific name: Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Overview
The cobia is a species of marine carangiform ray-finned 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.
From the Wikipedia article “Cobia”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Common names
Also known in English as Black King, Black King Fish, Black Kingfish, Black Salmon, Butterfish, Cabio, Cobla, Cod, Crab Eater, Crabeater, Cubby Yew, Kingfish.
Names in other languages (11)
- Arabic
- سكل
- Chinese
- 军曹鱼, 海鱺, 海麗仔, 海龍魚, 軍曹魚, 黑魽
- French
- cobia, mafou
- German
- Cobia
- Indonesian
- Ikan Cobia
- Japanese
- スギ
- Persian
- سوکلا
- Portuguese
- Rachycentridae
- Russian
- Кобия
- Spanish
- Bacalao, Bonito, Bonito Negro, Cabio, cobia, Cobie
- Urdu
- سنگرا مچھلی
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q833940, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Cobia”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026