Hemicaranx
Hemicaranx is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae, the jacks, pompanos, scads and trevallies, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Hemicaranx | |
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Bluntnose jack (H. amblyrhynchus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Carangidae |
Subfamily: | Caranginae |
Genus: | Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Hemicaranx marginatus Bleeker, 1862[1] |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (G. Cuvier, 1833) | Bluntnose jack | western Atlantic Ocean | |
Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860 ) | Bicolor jack | eastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa. | |
Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864 ) | Yellowfin jack | southern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador. | |
Hemicaranx zelotes C. H. Gilbert, 1898 | Blackfin jack | Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru | |
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemicaranx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemicaranx in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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