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Crevalle Jack
CREVALLE JACK
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| Common Name: | crevalle jack |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Osteichthyes |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus Species: | Caranx hippos |
Common Names
English language common names include crevalle jack, black cavalla, blacktailed trevally, caballi, cabalo, common jack, couvalli jack, crevelle jack, green jack, horse crevalle, horse mackerel, horse-eye jack, kingfish, trevally, and yellow cavalli.
Silver body with black spot on gill plate edge (parallel to eye) and black blotch at base of pectoral fin. prominent black spot on operculum (gill cover); black spot at the base of each pectoral fin; no scales on throat. Both dorsal and anal fin are relatively narrow, falcate structures. Pronounced keel is found along either side of the narrow caudal peduncle. Deeply centrally cleft (lunate) caudal fin.
The genus Caranx includes several species of smaller but popular game fish, such as the crevalle jack (C. hippos) of warm Atlantic waters and the yellow jack (C. bartholomaei), which frequents warm Atlantic waters and is noted for its golden-yellow sides and fins.
Size
Usually less than 20 pounds. The Greater Amberjack commonly weighs of 40 pounds.
Geographical Distribution
The crevalle jack's range consists mainly of the coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean from Novia Scotia to Uruguay. They also often are found throughout the Gulf of Mexico, especially along the coast of Texas and the west coast of Florida.
