Blue Runner

Caranx crysos (species), “Black Jack”, “Bluestripe Jack”, “Boca Abou”, “Crevalle”, “Golden Jack”, “Green Jack”, “Hardnose”, “Hardtail”, “Hardtailed Jack”, “Horse Mackerel”, “Jack”, “Mackerel”, “Runner”, “White Back Cavalli”, “Yara Yag”, “Yaru Boca Abau”, “Yellow Mackerel”, “Yellow Tail Cavalli”

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The blue runner (Caranx crysos), also known as the bluestripe jack, Egyptian scad, hardtail jack or hardnose, is a common species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The blue runner is distributed across the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Brazil to Canada in the western Atlantic and from Angola to Great Britain including the Mediterranean in the east Atlantic. The blue runner is distinguished from similar species by several morphological features, including the extent of the upper jaw, gill raker count and lateral line scale counts. The blue runner is known to reach a maximum length of 70 cm and 5.05 kg in weight, but is much more common below 35 cm. The species inhabits both inshore and offshore environments, predominantly over reefs, however it is…