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Bony fish

Crevalle Jack

Caranx hippos

Also known as: Black Cravalle, Black-tailed Trevally, Blue Runner, Common Jack, Green Jack, Horse Crevelle, Horse Mackerel, Horse-eye Jack, Jackfish, Kingfish, Pacific Crevelle Jack, Trevally, Yellow Cravalle, Yellow Jack

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
Adult
@akaimeridia · Taken near Palm City, Florida, United States · January 20131 / 6
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Overview

Found singly, or in fast-moving schools, over shallow flats of coastlines, rivers and off-shore oceanic waters.
Juveniles over sandy beaches, brackish estuaries and in seagrass beds.
Widespread Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterannean

Jacks are fast swimming fish that can roam over great distances. The larger fish hunt other fish and the smaller fish eat zooplankton. In turn they are hunted by large Tuna and Dolphins.

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How to identify

Fins & Tail
yellow fins

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean, Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 5
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Found singly, or in fast-moving schools, over shallow flats of coastlines, rivers and off-shore oceanic waters.

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Adult photos 6

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCarangidae
    6. genusCaranx
    7. speciesCaranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

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