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The horse-eye jack is classified within the genus ''[[Caranx]]'', one of a number of groups known as the jacks or trevallies. ''Caranx'' itself is part of the larger jack and horse mackerel family [[Carangidae]], a group of [[Percoidei|percoid]] fishes in the order [[Perciformes]].<ref name = ITIS>{{ITIS | id = 168610 | taxon = ''Caranx latus'' | accessdate = 29 June 2013 }}</ref> |
The horse-eye jack is classified within the genus ''[[Caranx]]'', one of a number of groups known as the jacks or trevallies. ''Caranx'' itself is part of the larger jack and horse mackerel family [[Carangidae]], a group of [[Percoidei|percoid]] fishes in the order [[Perciformes]].<ref name = ITIS>{{ITIS | id = 168610 | taxon = ''Caranx latus'' | accessdate = 29 June 2013 }}</ref> |
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The horse-eye jack was first [[scientific classification|scientifically described]] in 1831 by the Swiss [[naturalist]] [[Louis Agassiz]] based on a specimen collected from the waters of [[Brazil]]. Agassiz published this description, along with a further three carangids, in a volume co-authored with the German [[biologist]] [[Johann Baptist von Spix]] entitled ''Selecta Genera et Species Piscium Brasiliensium''.<ref name=Spix>{{cite book|last=Spix|first=J.B. von|title=Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis|coauthors = Agassiz, L.|year=1831|pages=374}}</ref> The [[specific epithet]] ''latus'' is [[Latin (language)|Latin]] for 'broad', and may also refer to the flank of an animal. The new species was placed in the genus ''Caranx'', with one subsequent revision reassigning the species to ''Xurel'', now considered to be a [[junior synonym]] of ''[[Carangoides]]''. In the same volume that ''C. latus'' was described, Agassiz also described ''Caranx lepturus'',<ref name=Spix/> which later examination revealed to be synonymous with ''C. latus''. Due to ''C. latus'' being described first in the publication, this name takes priority and relegates ''C. lepturus'' to junior synonymy.<ref name = Calacademy>{{cite web | last = California Academy of Sciences: Ichthyology | title = ''Caranx latus'' | work = Catalog of Fishes | publisher = CAS | date = June 2013 | url = http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp | accessdate =2013-06-13}}</ref> The species has been redescribed and named a further three times, all of which are similarly considered to be junior synonyms.<ref name=Calacademy /><ref name = Calacademy/><ref name = "fishbase">{{FishBase species | genus = Caranx | species = latus | year = 2013 | month = June}}</ref> |
The horse-eye jack was first [[scientific classification|scientifically described]] in 1831 by the Swiss [[naturalist]] [[Louis Agassiz]] based on a specimen collected from the waters of [[Brazil]]. Agassiz published this description, along with a further three carangids, in a volume co-authored with the German [[biologist]] [[Johann Baptist von Spix]] entitled ''Selecta Genera et Species Piscium Brasiliensium''.<ref name=Spix>{{cite book|last=Spix|first=J.B. von|title=Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis|coauthors = Agassiz, L.|year=1831|pages=374}}</ref> The [[specific epithet]] ''latus'' is [[Latin (language)|Latin]] for 'broad', and may also refer to the flank of an animal. The new species was placed in the genus ''Caranx'', with one subsequent revision reassigning the species to ''Xurel'', now considered to be a [[junior synonym]] of ''[[Carangoides]]''. In the same volume that ''C. latus'' was described, Agassiz also described ''Caranx lepturus'',<ref name=Spix/> which later examination revealed to be synonymous with ''C. latus''. Due to ''C. latus'' being described first in the publication, this name takes priority and relegates ''C. lepturus'' to junior synonymy.<ref name = Calacademy>{{cite web | last = California Academy of Sciences: Ichthyology | title = ''Caranx latus'' | work = Catalog of Fishes | publisher = CAS | date = June 2013 | url = http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp | accessdate =2013-06-13}}</ref> The species has been redescribed and named a further three times, all of which are similarly considered to be junior synonyms.<ref name=Calacademy /><ref name = Calacademy/><ref name = "fishbase">{{FishBase species | genus = Caranx | species = latus | year = 2013 | month = June}}</ref> The horse-eye jack is similar in appearance to the [[bigeye trevally]] (''Caranx sexfasciatus'') of the [[Indo-Pacific]] region, causing the American [[ichthyologist]] [[John Treadwell Nichols|John Nichols]] to describe ''C latus'' as a 'form' of ''C. sexfasciatus''.<ref name=Nichols1938>{{cite journal|last=Nichols|first=J.|title=Notes on Carangin Fishes III - On ''Caranx sexfasciatus'' Quoy and Gaimard|journal=American Museum Novitates|year=1938|volume=998|pages=1-6|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/3919//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N0998.pdf?sequence=1|accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref> This analysis is no longer accepted, with the two species considered separate. |
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The horse-eye jack was included in a wide-ranging study of the [[molecular systematics]] of the Carangidae. In various analyses and models, ''C. latus'' always reliably placed in ''Caranx'', being basal to a clade consisting of ''[[Cocinero|C. vinctus]]'' and ''[[Pacific crevalle jack|C. caninus]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Reed | first = David L. | coauthors = Carpenter, Kent E. & deGravelle, Martin J. | title = Molecular systematics of the Jacks (Perciformes: Carangidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences using parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 23 | issue = 3 | pages = 513–524 | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00036-2 | pmid = 12099802 }}</ref> |
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The horse-eye jack is similar in appearance to the [[bigeye trevally]] (''Caranx sexfasciatus'') of the [[Indo-Pacific]] region, causing the American [[ichthyologist]] [[John Treadwell Nichols|John Nichols]] to describe ''C latus'' as a 'form' of ''C. sexfasciatus''.<ref name=Nichols1938>{{cite journal|last=Nichols|first=J.|title=Notes on Carangin Fishes III - On ''Caranx sexfasciatus'' Quoy and Gaimard|journal=American Museum Novitates|year=1938|volume=998|pages=1-6|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/3919//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N0998.pdf?sequence=1|accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref> This analysis is no longer accepted, with the two species considered separate. |
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The species is [[common name|commonly]] known as the horse-eye jack or horse-eye crevalle in reference to the large eyes of the species. Other lesser used names include big-eye jack and false jack.<ref name=fishbase /> |
The species is [[common name|commonly]] known as the horse-eye jack or horse-eye crevalle in reference to the large eyes of the species. Other lesser used names include big-eye jack and false jack.<ref name=fishbase /> |
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The horse-eye jack, Caranx latus, is a gamefish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae. It is also known as the big-eye jack, and is similar in appearance to the crevalle jack, although the head of the horse-eye jack is not as blunt. The horse-eye jack is known to feed on smaller fish and on many invertebrates, such as shrimp and crab.
Taxonomy and phylogeny
The horse-eye jack is classified within the genus Caranx, one of a number of groups known as the jacks or trevallies. Caranx itself is part of the larger jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, a group of percoid fishes in the order Perciformes.[1]
The horse-eye jack was first scientifically described in 1831 by the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz based on a specimen collected from the waters of Brazil. Agassiz published this description, along with a further three carangids, in a volume co-authored with the German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix entitled Selecta Genera et Species Piscium Brasiliensium.[2] The specific epithet latus is Latin for 'broad', and may also refer to the flank of an animal. The new species was placed in the genus Caranx, with one subsequent revision reassigning the species to Xurel, now considered to be a junior synonym of Carangoides. In the same volume that C. latus was described, Agassiz also described Caranx lepturus,[2] which later examination revealed to be synonymous with C. latus. Due to C. latus being described first in the publication, this name takes priority and relegates C. lepturus to junior synonymy.[3] The species has been redescribed and named a further three times, all of which are similarly considered to be junior synonyms.[3][3][4] The horse-eye jack is similar in appearance to the bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) of the Indo-Pacific region, causing the American ichthyologist John Nichols to describe C latus as a 'form' of C. sexfasciatus.[5] This analysis is no longer accepted, with the two species considered separate.
The horse-eye jack was included in a wide-ranging study of the molecular systematics of the Carangidae. In various analyses and models, C. latus always reliably placed in Caranx, being basal to a clade consisting of C. vinctus and C. caninus.[6]
The species is commonly known as the horse-eye jack or horse-eye crevalle in reference to the large eyes of the species. Other lesser used names include big-eye jack and false jack.[4]
Description
The horse-eye jack is a large fish, growing to a maximum recorded length of 101 cm and a weight of 13.4 kg, however is more common at lengths less than 60 cm.[4] The horse-eye jack has a body form similar to other large jacks found throughout its range, with a moderately compressed elongate and deep body.[7] The dorsal profile becomes more strongly curved anteriorly, however the forehead is less blunt than the crevalle jack. The eyes are large in proportion to the rest of the head and covered by a well-developed adipose eyelid, with the posterior extremity of the jaw vertically under or past the posterior margin of the eye.[7] The dorsal fin is in two parts, the first consisting of eight spines and the second of one spine followed by 19 to 22 soft rays. The anal fin consists of two anteriorly detached spines followed by one spine and 16 to 18 soft rays.[8] The lobes of the soft dorsal and anal fins are elongated, and the pectoral fin is falcate and longer than the length of the head. The lateral line has a pronounced and moderately long anterior arch.[8] The straight section contains 32 to 39 very strong scutes, with bilateral keels present on the caudal peduncle. The chest is completely scaled. The upper jaw contains a series of strong outer canines with an inner band of smaller teeth, while the lower jaw contains a single row of teeth.[7] The species has 22 to 25 gill rakers in total and 24 vertebrae are present. Like the crevalle jack, the horse-eye jack is known to develop hyperostosis in parts of its skeletal structure.[9]
Adult horse-eye jack are typically dark blue to silvery-blue above, becoming silvery white to golden below.[10] In some individuals the tip of the soft dorsal fin lobe and the scutes may be dark blue to black. The caudal fin is yellow to dusky in color.[11] Unlike the crevalle jack, there is no dark spot at the base of the pectoral fin, although but there may be dark spots on the gill covers. Juveniles exhibit a series of about five dark vertical bars on their flanks which fade with age.[7]
Habitat and range
The horse-eye jack is commonly found in the subtropical Atlantic ocean from Bermuda and the northern Gulf of Mexico and south to Rio de Janeiro. In the eastern Atlantic, it is found from St. Paul's Rocks to Ascension Island and, rarely, the in the Gulf of Guinea. It is a pelagic fish. It can be found on reefs and offshore oil rigs. The juvenile can be found closer to shore along sandy and muddy bottoms. The species may venture into brackish waters and can live in river mouths, but it is typically found in saltwater up to 140 m in depth.
The adult horse-eye jack commonly swims with others in a school, either as one species or mixed with crevalle jack. Sometimes it also swims as a pair with a member of a very different species, such as Halichoeres radiatus, a type of wrasse.
Interaction with humans
The fish is generally wary of scuba divers; it will move slowly away as divers approach. However, schools have been known to crowd around divers, apparently attracted to the bubbles the diver exhales.
References
- ^ "Caranx latus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ a b Spix, J.B. von (1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis. p. 374.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c California Academy of Sciences: Ichthyology (June 2013). "Caranx latus". Catalog of Fishes. CAS. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Caranx latus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Nichols, J. (1938). "Notes on Carangin Fishes III - On Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy and Gaimard" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 998: 1–6. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ Reed, David L. (2002). "Molecular systematics of the Jacks (Perciformes: Carangidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences using parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 23 (3): 513–524. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00036-2. PMID 12099802.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) (2002). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals (PDF). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Rome: FAO. p. 1438. ISBN 92-5-104827-4.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Fischer, W (1981). FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes: Eastern Central Atlantic Vol 1. Ottawa: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Smith-Vaniz, W. (1995). "Species-specific patterns of hyperostosis in marine teleost fishes". Marine Biology. 121 (4): 573–580. doi:10.1007/BF00349291.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Edward, O. (2013). Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-1421407685.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Schultz, Ken (2004). Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish. John Wiley and Sons. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-471-44995-9.
- Horse-eye Jacks, Caranx latus. MarineBio Conservation Society. Web. Accessed June 01, 2013.
- Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Caranx latus. FishBase. 2011.
- Feitoza, B. M., et al. (2003). Reef fishes of St. Paul's Rocks: New records and notes on biology and zoogeograpy. aqua 7(2) 61-82.