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Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (Cuvier, 1833)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 23.

Common Names

  • Karang , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Stumpsnudet hestemakrel , Danish , Denmark
  • Bluntnose jack , English , Cuba
  • Bluntnose jack , English , USA
  • Bluntnose jack , English , Global
  • Palomette , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Carangue nez court , French , Global
  • Montsuki-hiraaji , Japanese , Japan
  • 鈍吻半鰺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 钝吻半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Palombeta , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Cara-de-gato , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil
  • Catarro , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil
  • Cabeça dura , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Cabeçudo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Vento-leste , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Vento-leste-do-verão , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Palombeta-do-alto , Portuguese (Spanish) , Brazil
  • Xixarro , Portuguese (Spanish) , Brazil
  • Burrita , Spanish , Colombia
  • Casabe chicharra , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Casabe chicharra , Spanish , Spain
  • Catalina , Spanish , Colombia
  • Chicharra , Spanish , Cuba
  • Hojita , Spanish , Colombia
  • Jurel , Spanish , Colombia
  • Jurelito chato , Spanish , Mexico
  • Vuela chicharra , Spanish , Venezuela

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Carangiformes

    Family: Carangidae

    Genus: Hemicaranx

    Species: Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (Cuvier, 1833)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Adults are coastal species. They do not form large schools (Ref. 35237). Juveniles are encountered in brackish estuaries (Ref. 5217), moving to greater depths as it grows, but not deeper than 50 m (Ref. 9626). Eggs are pelagic, spawning occurs generally in summer (Ref. 35237). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9626).

    Habitat

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