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Bony fish

Yellowfin Jack

Hemicaranx leucurus

Also known as: Bluntnose Jack, Jackfish, Little Jack, Trevally, Yellowfin Jack, Yellowfin Trevally

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
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Overview

Found in schools, over mud and sandy bottoms, of brackish estuaries and coastal 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

Fins & Tail
yellow tail
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
LIVES IN

Found in schools, over mud and sandy bottoms, of brackish estuaries and coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCarangidae
    6. genusHemicaranx
    7. speciesHemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864)

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    More in the family

    Pompanos (Carangidae)