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Caranx latus (Yellowjack; Jack; Horse-eye trevally; Horse-eye jack; Horse-eye crevalle; Horse-eye; Horse eye jack; Horse eye; Gallego; False jack; Cabali; Black jack)

Synonyms: Carangus aureus; Caranx fallax; Caranx lepturus; Caranx richardi; Xurel lata
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Wikipedia Abstract

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 a horse-eye jack is not as blunt. Horse-eye jack are known to feed on smaller fish and on many invertebrates, such as shrimp and crab.
View Wikipedia Record: Caranx latus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve VI 358906 Mexico    
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Parque Marino Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Park II 129688 Mexico      
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park II 5573 Netherlands Antilles  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Prey / Diet

Diacavolinia longirostris (long-snout cavoline)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Canthidermis sufflamen (Filefish)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ahpua piscicola[2]
Alcicornis carangis[2]
Allopyragraphorus hippos[2]
Allopyragraphorus incomparabilis[2]
Allopyragraphorus winteri[2]
Brachyphallus parvus[2]
Bucephalus varicus[2]
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis[2]
Cemocotyle carangis[2]
Cemocotyle noveboracensis[2]
Cemocotylella elongata[2]
Ectenurus lepidus[2]
Gorgorhynchoides bullocki[2]
Helixaxine winteri[2]
Lecithochirium microstomum[2]
Lecithochirium musculus[2]
Neomicrocotyle pacifica[2]
Parahemiurus merus[2]
Protomicrocotyle manteri[2]
Protomicrocotyle mirabilis[2]
Pseudomazocraes selene[2]
Pseudopecoeloides elongatus <Unverified Name>[2]
Pseudopecoelus elongatus <Unverified Name>[2]
Scolex pleuronectis <Unverified Name>[2]
Separogermiductus zeloticus <Unverified Name>[2]
Stephanostomum ditrematis[2]
Stephanostomum ghanensis <Unverified Name>[2]
Stephanostomum megacephalum[2]
Stephanostomum sentum[2]
Tergestia laticollis[2]
Theledera pectinata[2]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Aquarium & Rainforest at Moody Gardens
Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Florida Aquarium
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Minnesota Zoological Garden
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Rotterdam Zoo
Virginia Aquarium&Marine Science Ctr

Distribution

America, North - Inland waters; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Ascension Island; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Western Central; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Caribbean Sea; Cayman Islands; Celestún Biosphere Reserve; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Curaçao Island; Discovery Bay; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Brazil Shelf; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Gulf of Mexico; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Madeira Islands; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Nicaragua; North Brazil Shelf; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Paul's Rocks; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; South Brazil Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Suriname; Trindade Island; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Is.; US Virgin Islands; USA (contiguous states); Venezuela; Virgin Islands (UK); Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to São Paulo, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121), Ascension Island, and two confirmed records from the Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 7097).;

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Citations

Species recognized by Group expert : Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967) ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011