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crevalle jack

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crevalle jack
n.
A food and game fish (Caranx hippos) of warm seas, having a laterally compressed silvery body.
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Noun1.crevalle jack - fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexicocrevalle jack - fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Caranx hippos, jack crevalle
jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
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Correlations were also calculated for the five most abundant individual species (representing 85% of the total catch): Atlantic moonfish, northern puffer, crevalle jack (Caranx hippos), planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus), and bigeye (Priacanthus arenatus).
A comparison between warm-water fish assemblages of Narragansett Bay ... by Wood, Abby Jane M.; Collie, Jeremy S.; Hare, Jonathan A. / Fishery Bulletin
These include Spanish mackerel, blackfin tuna, amberjack, black drum, gag grouper, wahoo, bluefish, gafftopsail catfish, crevalle jack, and ladyfish.
High mercury levels found in popular fish by USA Today (Magazine)
Abstract--The Caranx hippos species complex comprises three extant species: crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) (Linnaeus, 1766) from both the western and eastern Atlantic oceans; Pacific crevalle jack (Caranx caninus) Gtinther, 1868 from the eastern Pacific Ocean; and longfin crevalle jack (Caranx fischeri) new species, from the eastern Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea and Ascension Island.
Review of the crevalle jacks, Caranx hippos complex (Teleostei: ... by Smith-Vaniz, William F.; Carpenter, Kent E. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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