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Bony fish

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

Also known as: Cobbler, Permit Fish, Permit Jack, Yellow-wax Pompano, Trevally

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@sunshine · punta cana, Dominican Republic · May 20061 / 6

Showing details for the adult stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Found singly or in small schools over mud bottoms in channels and holes over sand flats and around reefs.

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

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 6
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Found singly or in small schools over mud bottoms in channels and holes over sand flats and around reefs.

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Adult photos 6

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCarangidae
    6. genusTrachinotus
    7. speciesTrachinotus falcatus

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    More in the family

    Pompanos (Carangidae)