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Black jack

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Caranx
Species: C. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony Fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks Pompanos Jack mackerels and scads lugubris
Binomial name
Caranx lugubris
Poey, 1860

The Black jack, Caranx lugubris, is a gamefish in the family Carangidae. Felipe Poey y Aloy ( May 26, 1799 — January 28, 1891) was a Cuban Zoologist. Game fish are Fish pursued for Sport by recreational Anglers. Family denotes a group of People affiliated by consanguinity affinity or co-residence Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks Pompanos Jack mackerels and scads It was first described in 1860 by Cuban Zoologist, Felipe Poey in his two-volume work Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba, or "Natural History of the Island of Cuba". Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of Felipe Poey y Aloy ( May 26, 1799 — January 28, 1891) was a Cuban Zoologist. The volume of any solid plasma vacuum or theoretical object is how much three- Dimensional space it occupies often quantified numerically An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la As food, Black jack are usually marketed as fresh, whole fish, but they are also sold salted or dried[2]. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an

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Description

The head of a Black jack slopes steeply downwards and the anterior part is concave. The mouth is fairly large compared to other members of its genus and the maxilla extends to the center of the fish's eye[3]. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic This article is about the Mammal maxilla For Arthropod maxillae see Mouthparts; for Insect maxillae in particular see Insect mouthparts Eyes are organs that detect Light, and send signals along the Optic nerve to the visual areas of the brain The dorsal fin of a Black jack usually has nine spines and twenty to twenty-two rays. A dorsal fin is a Fin located on the backs of some Fishes Whales Dolphins and Porpoises as well as the (extinct The anal fin has only three spines and sixteen to nineteen rays. The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved The body of the fish has been described as being dark grey/ olive-colored or even black along the back that lightens to a gray-blue near the underside of the fish. The Olive ( Olea europaea) is a Species of small Tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of The Black jack's scutes are black. [4] The longest recorded Black jack was 221 cm in length[5] and the greatest known weight was 20. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth 4 kg[6].

Distribution and habitat

The Black jack is benthopelagic and is known from subtropical waters. Any water in the sea that is not close to the bottom is in the pelagic zone. The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of They can be found in depths from 12m to 354m. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Black jack are circumtropical, meaning their range extends around Earth's equatorial regions, in their distribution. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The equator (sometimes referred to colloquially as "the Line") is the intersection of the Earth 's surface with the plane perpendicular to the In the western Indian Ocean, they can be found off Natal and East London (South Africa)[7] [8] to the Seychelles[9]. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Seychelles (seɪˈʃɛl or /seɪˈʃɛlz/ in English and seʃɛl in French) officially the Republic of Seychelles (République des Seychelles Creole They are also known from Reunion, Mauritius and Cargados Carajos[10]. Mauritius (pronounced məˈrɪʃəs L’île Maurice /il mɔ'ʁis/ Mauritian Creole: Maurice) officially the Republic of Mauritius, République Cargados Carajos Shoals (also known as the Saint Brandon Rocks) are a group of about 16 small islands and islets on an extended Reef in the Indian Ocean In the western Pacific Ocean, Black jack are known from Japan south to New Caledonia and Tonga[11] and in the eastern Pacific, from Mexico (and the Revillagigedo Islands) to Costa Rica. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For the former North American fur-trading district see New Caledonia (Canada, and for the Scottish colony in Panama see Darien scheme. The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles The Revillagigedo Islands (also Revillagigedo Archipelago or Islas Revillagigedo) are a group of four Volcanic islands Islands in the Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in In the western Atlantic Ocean, they have been found off Bermuda and in the northern Gulf of Mexico south to Rio de Janero. Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil In the eastern Atlantic, Black jack are reported from the Azores, Madeira St. Paul's Rocks, Ascension Island, and the Gulf of Guinea[12]. The Azores ( Açores ɐˈsoɾɨʃ or) is a Portuguese Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1500 km (950  mi) from History See also History of Madeira Pre-Portuguese times Pliny mentions certain Purple Islands the position of which with reference to the The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Islets, officially the Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo, is an archipelago of the State of Pernambuco, in Brazilian Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa.

Notes

  1. ^ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www. iucnredlist. org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2008.
  2. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W. F. , 1995. Carangidae. Jureles, pámpanos, cojinúas, zapateros, cocineros, casabes, macarelas, chicharros, jorobados, medregales, pez pilota. p. 940-986. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K. E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds. ) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome.
  3. ^ Randall, J. E. , 1996. Caribbean reef fishes. Third edition - revised and enlarged. T. F. H. Publications, Inc. Ltd. , Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p.
  4. ^ Randall, J. E. , 1996. Caribbean reef fishes. Third edition - revised and enlarged. T. F. H. Publications, Inc. Ltd. , Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p.
  5. ^ Robins, C. R. and G. C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U. S. A. 354 p.
  6. ^ IGFA, 2001. Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
  7. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W. F. , 1986. Carangidae. p. 638-661. In M. M. Smith and P. C. Heemstra (eds. ) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  8. ^ Heemstra, P. C. , 1995. Additions and corrections for the 1995 impression. p. v - xv. In M. M. Smith and P. C. Heemstra (eds. ) Revised Edition of Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  9. ^ Randall, J. E. and J. van Egmond, 1994. Marine fishes from the Seychelles: 108 new records. Zool. Verh. Leiden 297:43-83.
  10. ^ Fricke, R. , 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31: 759 p.
  11. ^ Randall, J. E. , J. T. Williams, D. G. Smith, M. Kulbicki, G. M. Tham, P. Labrosse, M. Kronen, E. Clua and B. S. Mann, 2003. Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga. Atoll Res. Bull. Nos. 497-508.
  12. ^ Lubbock, R. and A. Edwards. 1981. The fishes of Saint Paul's Rocks. J. Fish Biol. 18:135-157.

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