Carangidae
Pompano
Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachinotus ovatus is a fish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, with minor commercial value and use in aquaculture and public aquaria.
Gafftopsail Pompano
Trachinotus rhodopus Gill, 1863
Trachinotus rhodopus (gafftopsail pompano) is a silver diamond-shaped fish with yellow fins found in the eastern Pacific.
Palometa
Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Trachinotus goodei, the palometa, is a fish with distinct fin and color features, maximum recorded size 50 cm and 560 g.
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachinotus falcatus, the permit, is a recognizable fish found in the western Atlantic tropical nearshore and offshore waters.
Florida Pompano
Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Trachinotus carolinus, the Florida pompano, is a popular edible marine jack fish found from Massachusetts to Brazil.
Snubnose Dart
Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801)
Trachinotus blochii, the golden pompano, is a sexually dimorphic marine fish adapted to burst swimming to evade predators, found in Indo-Pacific warm waters.
Smallspotted Dart
Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepède, 1801)
Trachinotus baillonii, the smallspotted dart, is a reef-associated Indo-Pacific fish that feeds on small fish.
Leerfish
Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lichia amia, the leerfish or garrick, is the only extant Lichia marine Carangidae found in the eastern Atlantic, popular in African recreational fishing.
Leather Jack
Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Oligoplites saurus, the leatherjacket fish, is a small Carangidae jack species with two subspecies in the Atlantic and Pacific.
Lesser Queenfish
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775)
Scomberoides lysan, the doublespotted queenfish, is a venomous tropical reef game fish in the jack family widespread across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Giant Queenfish
Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède, 1801
Scomberoides commersonnianus is a predatory marine fish found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans with distinct dark flank spots.
Greater Amberjack
Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)
Seriola dumerili, the greater amberjack, is a large predatory circumglobal subtropical/tropical fish with distinct color markings.
Yellowtail Kingfish
Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833
Seriola lalandi, the yellowtail amberjack, is a large Southern Hemisphere pelagic fish widely farmed for food.
Almaco Jack
Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833
Seriola rivoliana, or longfin yellowtail/almaco jack, is a widely distributed pelagic jack fished for food.
Banded Rudderfish
Seriola zonata (Mitchill, 1815)
Seriola zonata, the banded rudderfish, is a benthopelagic marine fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Samsonfish
Seriola hippos Günther, 1876
Samson fish (Seriola hippos) is an Indo-Pacific jack species that grows between 80 and 150 cm long, ranging to eastern Northland, New Zealand.
Rainbow Runner
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Elagatis bipinnulata (rainbow runner) is a circumtropical pelagic carangid fish with distinctive coloration and body shape.
Pilotfish
Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Naucrates ductor, the pilot fish, is a marine fish that forms mutualistic relationships with large hosts like sharks and follows ships.
Horse-eye Jack
Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831
Caranx latus, the horse-eye jack, is a large pelagic jack fish found in the subtropical Atlantic Ocean.
Bigeye Trevally
Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Caranx sexfasciatus, the bigeye trevally, is a large jack fish found across tropical Indo-Pacific and Pacific waters.
Atlantic Crevalle Jack
Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Caranx hippos (crevalle jack) is a large Atlantic carangid fish that inhabits both inshore and offshore waters.
Black Trevally
Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860
Caranx lugubris, the black jack, is a circumtropical large carangid fish that inhabits deep offshore tropical and subtropical oceans.
Bar Jack
Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)
Caranx ruber, the bar jack, is a moderately large jack fish found in western Atlantic tropical and subtropical waters.
Green Jack
Caranx caballus Günther, 1868
Caranx caballus, the green jack, is a moderately large carangid fish native to eastern Pacific coastal waters.
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