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  1. Caranx hippos, Crevalle jack : fisheries, gamefish - FishBase

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    Alternate names for Caranx hippos include crevalle jack, common jack, blacktailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli, and yellow cavalli. From a broader taxonomic perspective, the jack crevalle is a ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii) in the order Carangiformes (jacks). It further belongs to the family Carangidae (jacks and pompanos).
    Caranx hippos This large fish is wonderfully abundant in the Atlantic Ocean, and popular resource for both commercial and sports fishers alike. The juvenile is striped vertically along its sides, but as it matures, it changes to an even greenish-bluish above and silver or golden below.
    The species belongs to what William Smith-Vaniz and Ken Carpenter refer to as the Caranx hippos complex, a group of closely related fishes which also includes Caranx caninus (Pacific crevalle jack) and Caranx fischeri (longfin crevalle jack).
    As with many fish species, otoliths (ear bones) are the most common type of fossil for Caranx. Linnaeus first described the jack crevalle in 1766. Its initial scientific name was Scomber hippos. This later became Caranx hippos after naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède created the genus Caranx.
  3. Jack Crevalle Fish Facts | Caranx hippos - A-Z Animals

    WEBMar 25, 2023 · The jack crevalle (Caranx hippos) is a predatory marine fish in the genus Caranx (jacks, trevallies, and pompanos), which contains 18 species. Alternate names for Caranx hippos include crevalle jack, …

  4. Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) - World Register of Marine Species

  5. Jack Crevalle: Habitat, Diet, Anatomy & Other Facts - Ocean Fauna

  6. Review of the crevalle jacks, Caranx hippos complex …

    WEBApr 1, 2007 · Caranx hippos from opposite sides of the Atlantic are virtually indistinguishable externally but differ consistently in the expression of hyperostosis of the first dorsal-fin pterygiophore.

  7. Review of the crevalle jacks, Caranx hippos complex (Teleostei ...

  8. Crevalle Jack (Caranx hippos) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service