Africa in 2010. Taxonomy Scomberoides commersonnianus was formally described by the French zoologist Bernard Germain de Lacépède with the type locality given as Fort Dauphin in the Toliara Province of Madagascar. The specific name uses the Latin suffix ianus meaning "belonging to" and adds this to the surname of the French naturalist Philibert Commerçon, this also being spelled as Commerson, (1727-1773), whose notes and illustration were used by Lacépède as the base for his description of the species. References External links IGFA records page commersonnianus Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Fish described in 1801