| Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos), subfamily: Naucratinae |
| 180 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 46 kg; max. reported age: 6 years |
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reef-associated; depth range 0 - 150 m |
| Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: off Genoa, Italy in the Mediterranean (Ref. 4233) and from Côte d'Ivoire to Angola (Ref. 7097). Throughout the Indo-Pacific (Ref. 37816), but rare or absent in the Persian Gulf (Ref. 3287). Eastern Pacific: mouth of Gulf of California to Ecuador; including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 9283). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-30; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 18-22. Description: Dark olive green or olive blue dorsally and on side, shading to white ventrally, with pair of narrow light blue or bluish white stripes along middle of side with a yellowish band between them, fins olive or yellowish (Ref. 90102, ). Upper jaw ending before the eye. Anal fin base is shorter than that of dorsal fin base. It has a 2-rayed finlet; 2 anal fin spines are detached. Dorsal and anal fins are relatively short; with small two-rayed pinnulae just behind the dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 4795). Lateral line without scutes (Ref. 26938). |
| Adults are found in oceanic and coastal waters, generally near the surface over reefs or sometimes far from the coast often around floating logs or other debris (Ref. 9283, 11230, 48635, 90102). May form large schools (Ref. 9283, 48635). They feed on invertebrates, mainly on larger crustaceans of the zooplankton, and small fishes (Ref. 9283, 26145). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233). Good food fish (Ref. 9626) and a valued game fish (Ref. 26938); marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283); also frozen and used for sashimi (Ref. 9987). |
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(Ref. 96402)
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| reports of ciguatera poisoning |
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