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Crevalle Jack

Caranx hippos

Summary 5

The crevalle jack, Caranx hippos (also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli and yellow cavalli) is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae. The crevalle jack is distributed across the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Nova Scotia, Canada to Uruguay in the west Atlantic and Portugal to Angola in the east Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is distinguishable from...

General description 6

Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

Caranx hippos also occurs at SãoTomé . It is characterized by a yellow anal fin, shorter dorsal and anal fin lobes and fewer anal fin rays (16 or 17 versus 17-19, usually 18) than the undescribed CaranxZBK species. It was observed by PW in SãoTomé City fish market. The records mentioned in Afonso et al. (1999) could belong to either CaranxZBK species.

National distribution 7

United States
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Morphology 8

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 15 - 17

Size 9

Maximum size: 1240 mm TL

Diagnostic description 10

Scutes 25 to 42; no scales on chest, except a small mid-ventral patch in front of pelvic fins; upper profile of head steep; maxilla ending approximately below posterior edge of eye; front of soft dorsal and anal fins elevated; olivaceous to bluish green dorsally, silvery to brassy on the sides; prominent black spot posteriorly on gill cover at level of eye, another at upper axil of pectoral fins, and often a third on lower pectoral rays; caudal yellowish (Ref. 13442).

Habitat 11

Habitat Type: Marine

Diet 12

Feeds on smaller fish, shrimp and other invertebrates

Reproduction 13

Pelagic eggs, spawning generally occurs during the summer.

Link to Access Genomic Data 14

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=173312&lvl=0

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  5. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caranx_hippos
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