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Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864)

Description

Body sub-oval and compressed; both jaws with a single row of small, comb-like teeth; pectoral fins falcate and relatively long (from 2.5 to 3.0 times in total length); back silvery blue; belly and flanks white or silvery; pectoral fins yellowish (Ref. 55763).

Common Names

  • شيم أصفر الزِّعْنَفَة , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Bluntnose jack , English , USA
  • Little jack , English , USA
  • Yellowfin jack , English , Mexico
  • Yellowfin jack , English , USA
  • Yellowfin jack , English , Global
  • Carangue palomète , French , Global
  • 白尾半鰺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白尾半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白尾半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鈍鼻半鰺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 钝鼻半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Casabe ñato , Spanish , Spain
  • Cocinero con bandas , Spanish , Peru
  • Cocinero ñato , Spanish , Peru
  • Cocineros con bandas , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Dama , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Dama jurelillo , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Jurel de aleta amarilla , Spanish , Mexico
  • Jurelito , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Jurelito aletiamarilla , Spanish , Mexico
  • Jurelito aletiamarilla , Spanish , Panama
  • Jurelito alilargo , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Pámpano aleta amarilla , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Carangiformes

    Family: Carangidae

    Genus: Hemicaranx

    Species: Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Adults are found in coastal waters, also entering brackish waters (Ref. 9283). Usually forming schools (Ref. 37955). Marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283).

    Habitat

    brackish