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Horse-eye Jack
Pauline Walsh Jacobson, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Horse-eye Jack

Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishHorse-eye Jack
Dutch—
SpanishJurel blanco
Chinese黑眼鲹
Scientific nameCaranx latus Agassiz, 1831

About this species

The horse-eye jack (Caranx latus), also known as the big-eye jack, is a game fish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae. Its appearance is similar to that of the crevalle jack, although the horse-eye jack's head is not as blunt. The horse-eye jack is known to feed on smaller fish and on many invertebrates, such as shrimp and crab.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyCarangidae
GenusCaranx

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