Hemicaranx

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Hemicaranx
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Bluntnose jack (H. amblyrhynchus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Carangoidei
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Caranginae
Genus: Hemicaranx
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Hemicaranx marginatus
Bleeker, 1862 [1]

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.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [2]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Fish4276 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (G. Cuvier, 1833) Bluntnose jackwestern Atlantic Ocean
Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860 )Bicolor jackeastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa.
Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864 )Yellowfin jacksouthern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador.
Hemicaranx zelotes C. H. Gilbert, 1898Blackfin jackEastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemicaranx". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemicaranx". FishBase . February 2013 version.


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