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Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert, 1898

Description

Body sub-oval and compressed; both jaws with a single row of small, comb-like teeth; pectoral fins falcate and relatively sort (from 3.5 to 4.5 times in total length); back silvery blue; belly and flanks white or silvery; pectoral fins darker (Ref. 55763).

Common Names

  • شيم أسود الزِّعْنِفَة , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Blackfin jack , English , Mexico
  • Blackfin jack , English , USA
  • Blackfin jack , English , Global
  • Blackfin scad , English , Global
  • Carangue chumbo , French , Global
  • 塞氏半鰺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 塞氏半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 妒半鰺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 妒半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 妒半鲹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Casabe chumbo , Spanish , Spain
  • Chaso , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Cocinero , Spanish , Mexico
  • Cocinero nato , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Cocinero ñato , Spanish , Peru
  • Cojinúa chata negra , Spanish , Panama
  • Jurel chumbo , Spanish , Mexico
  • Jurelito , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Jurelito chocho , Spanish , Mexico
  • Jurelito dama , Spanish , Ecuador

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Carangiformes

    Family: Carangidae

    Genus: Hemicaranx

    Species: Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert, 1898

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

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

    Habitat

    brackish