Crevalle Jack
Caranx hippos
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,495
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The crevalle jack (Caranx hippos), also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli, jack crevale, or yellow cavalli is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae. The crevalle jack is distributed across the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Nova Scotia, Canada to Uruguay in the western Atlantic and Portugal to Angola in the eastern Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is distinguishable from similar species by its deep body, fin colouration and a host of more detailed…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Crevalle jack”.