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Jacks and Pompanos (18)

General description

Jacks and Pompanos belong to the family „Carangidae“. Pompano is the common name for fishes of the genus Trachinotus, and for Palometus simillimus, members of a large and important family of mackerellike fishes, abundant in warm seas around the world. Of the 30 genera and 151 Species that constitute the family, the 5 most important genera in the aquarium trade are the Alectis, Caranx, Gnathanodon, Selene and finaly the Trachinotus.


[Further read]

Alectis(1), Alepes(1), Carangoides(2), Caranx(5), Gnathanodon(1), Pseudocaranx(1), Rastrelliger(1), Scomberoides(1), Selene(1), Seriola(2), Trachinotus(2)

Alectis (1)

A. indicus

Indian threadfish

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Alepes (1)

A. djedaba

Shrimp scad

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Carangoides (2)

C. bajad

gold spotted trevally

C. fulvoguttatus

Yellowspotted trevally

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Caranx (5)

C. ignobilis

Giant Treveally

C. latus

horse eye jack

C. melampygus

Bluefin trevally

C. ruber

Bar jack

C. sexfasciatus

Bigeye trevally

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Gnathanodon (1)

G. speciosus

Golden trevally

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Pseudocaranx (1)

P. dentex

White trevally

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Rastrelliger (1)

R. kanagurta

Indian mackerel

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Scomberoides (1)

S. commersonnianus

Talang queenfish

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Selene (1)

S. brevoortii

Mexican lookdown

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Seriola (2)

S. dumerili

Greater amberjack

S. rivoliana

Almaco Jack

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Trachinotus (2)

T. baillonii

Smallspotted dart

T. blochii

Snubnose pompano

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