Caranx latus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

A pelagic[1] schooling species usually found in offshore reefs[2]. Juveniles are encountered along shores of sandy beaches, also over muddy bottoms [3]. May penetrate into brackish water and ascend rivers . May be found at depths of 0 to 140 meters. Usually found at depths of 0 to 20 meters.

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on fishes , shrimps, and other invertebrates [4].

Behavior

Often approaches divers [2].

Sound types : toothy grunts and thumps. Sound organ: pharyngeal teeth and swim bladder.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Carangus aureus Poey • Caranx fallax Cuvier • Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 • Caranx lepturus Agassiz • Caranx richardi Holbrook • Xurel lata Agassiz

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: In Spix & Agassiz.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 16-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Caranx

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 74 species and subspecies in this genus:

Pseudocaranx dentex (Cavallyjack) · C. altissimus (Trevally) · C. amblyrhynchus (Bluntnose Jack) · C. auroguttatus (Goldspotted Jack) · C. bartholomaei (Yellow Jack) · C. bicolor (Bicolor Jack) · C. boops (Yellowband Scad) · C. bucculentus (Wide-Mouthed Trevally) · C. caballus (Green Jack) · C. caeruleopinnatus (Japanese Trevally) · C. caninus (Pacific Crevalle Jack) · C. sexfasciatus (Greenspotted Kingfish) · C. chilensis (Juan Fernandez Trevally) · C. chrysophrys (Club-Nosed Trevally) · Carangoides armatus (Longfin Kingfish) · Carangoides armatus (Longfin Kingfish) · C. crysos (Blue Runner) · C. declivis (Greenback Horse Mackerel) · C. delicatissimus (Hard-Tail Jack) · C. dinema (Twothread Trevally) · C. djedaba (Slender Yellowtail Kingfish) · C. dumerili (Purplish Amberjack) · C. ekala (Turrum) · C. equula (Whitefinned Crevalle) · C. ferdau (Yellowspotted Crevalle) · C. fischeri (Longfin Crevalle Jack) · C. fulvoguttatus (Yellowspotted Kingfish) · C. georgianus (White Trevally) · C. guara (Gwelly) · C. gymnostethus (Naked Breast Trevally) · C. heberi (Yellowtail Kingfish) · C. helvolus (Whitetongued Crevalle) · C. hippo (Crevalle Jack) · C. hippos (Black Cavalla) · C. hippos hippos (Black-Tailed Trevally) · C. humerosus (Duskyshoulder Trevally) · C. ignobilis (Forsskål´s Indo-Pacific Jack Fish) · C. koheru (Koheru) · C. latus (Horse-Eye Trevally) · C. leptolepis (Yellow-Striped Trevally) · C. leucurus (Bluntnose Jack) · C. lugubris (Black Tongue Fish) · C. lutescens (Araara) · C. macarellus (Mackerel Scad) · C. maruadsi (White-Tipped Mackerel Scad) · C. medusicola (Black-Tipped Trevally) · C. melampygus (Black-Tipped Silver-Biddy) · C. mentalis (Heavy-Jawed Kingfish) · C. nobilis (White Travally) · C. oblongus (Oblique-Banded Trevally) · C. orthogrammus (Yellow-Spotted Trevally) · C. otrynter (Threadfin Jack) · C. papuensis (Brassey Trevally) · C. paraspistes (Shortfinned Trevally) · C. plagiotaenia (Obliquebanded Trevally) · C. praeustus (Brown-Backed Trevally) · C. punctatus (Summer Stonebrass) · C. radiatus (Fringe-Finned Trevally) · C. rhonchus (Ten-Finned Horse Mackerel) · C. ruber (Blue Striped Cavalla) · C. russelli (Russell's Mackerel Scad) · C. secundus (Cottonmouth Kingfish) · C. sem (African Jack) · C. senegallus (Senegal Jack) · C. sexfasciatus (Six Banded Trevally) · C. stellatus (Starry Trevally) · C. symmetricus (Pacific Jack Mackerel) · C. tille (Tille Trevally) · C. trachurus japonicus (Japanese Horse Mackerel) · C. trachurus mediterraneus (Mediterranean Horse Mackerel) · C. uii (Onion Kingfish) · C. uraspis (Bassett-Hulls Trevally) · C. vari (Duskyfin Crevalle) · C. vinctus (Cocinero (FB))

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 122858
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22184
• Fishbase Species ID: 1935
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13529401
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168610
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105848

Footnotes

1. Claro, R. (1994). Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo. [back]
2. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
3. Cervigón, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. [back]
4. Berry, F.H. and W.F. Smith-Vaniz (1978). Carangidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). volume 1. FAO, Rome. [var. pag.] [back]

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