# Scyris

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{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = African threadfish.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Scyris alexandrina](/source/Scyris_alexandrina)''
| taxon = Scyris
| authority = [Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1829<ref name="ECoF genera" />
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Scyris''''' is a genus of [ray-finned fish](/source/ray-finned_fish) in the family [Carangidae](/source/Carangidae). Its members were previously included in the genus ''[Alectis](/source/Alectis)''.<ref name="ECoF species" />

== Species ==
The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref name="ECoF species" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution
|-
|120px ||''[Scyris alexandrina](/source/Scyris_alexandrina)'' <small>([Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire](/source/%C3%89tienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire), 1817)</small>|| [African threadfish](/source/African_threadfish) || tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean, inhabiting the waters of West Africa from Morocco around to Angola
|-
|120px || ''[Scyris indica](/source/Scyris_indica)'' <small>([Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1830)</small>|| [Indian threadfish](/source/Indian_threadfish) || the tropical regions of the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, ranging from Madagascar, east Africa and the Red Sea to India, China, South East Asia, north to Japan and south to Indonesia and northern Australia
|-
|}

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="ECoF genera">{{Catalog of Fishes |family=Carangidae |list=genus |date=12 February 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="ECoF species">{{Catalog of Fishes |family=Carangidae |list=species |date=12 February 2026}}</ref>
</references>

{{Taxonbar|from=Q107270378}}

Category:Caranginae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Fish described in 1829
Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier

{{Carangiformes-stub}}

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