Biology:Hemicaranx

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Hemicaranx
Fish4277 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
Bluntnose jack (H. amblyrhynchus)
Scientific classification e
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]

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]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Fish4276 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg 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

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Hemicaranx". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=62. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemicaranx in FishBase. February 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1035240 entry