Crevalle Jack

Caranx hippos (species), “Kingfish”, “Black Cavalli”, “Black-Tailed Trevally”, “Cabali”, “Cabalo”, “Carangue”, “Common Jack”, “Couvalli Jack”, “Crevalle”, “Crevelle Jack”, “Green Jack”, “Horse Crevalle”, “Horse-Eye Jack”, “Horse Mackerel”, “Jack”, “Trevally”, “Yellow Cavalli”

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The crevalle jack (Caranx hippos), also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli, jack crevale, or yellow cavalli is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae. The crevalle jack is distributed across the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Nova Scotia, Canada to Uruguay in the west Atlantic and Portugal to Angola in the east Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is distinguishable from similar species by its deep body, fin colouration and a host of more detailed anatomical features, including fin ray and lateral line scale counts. It is one of the largest fish in the genus Caranx, growing to a maximum known length of 124 cm and a weight of 32 kg, although is rare at lengths…