Hemicaranx leucurus
Yellowfin Jack
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Carangidae (Jacks)
Hemicaranx
Hemicaranx leucurus (Yellowfin Jack)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal. Body sub-oval and compressed; both jaws with a single row of small, comb-like teeth; pectoral fins falcate and relatively long (from 2.5 to 3.0 times in total length); back silvery blue; belly and flanks white or silvery; pectoral fins yellowish (Ref. 55763).
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador.
Habitat Associations
Brackish, marine. benthopelagic.
Biology
Adults are found in coastal waters, also entering brackish waters (Ref. 9283). Usually forming schools (Ref. 37955). Marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283).
Max length: 49.5 cm TL; common length: 25.0 cm FL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2008-05-01. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish.
References
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.
Jiménez Prado, P. and P. Béarez (2004) Peces Marinos del Ecuador continental. Tomo 2: Guía de Especies / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador. Volume 2: Species Guide. SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA.
Gross, M.R. and R. Shine (1981) Parental care and mode of fertilization in ectothermic vertebrates. Evolution 35(4):775-793.
Bautista-Romero, J.J., S.S. González-Peláez, L. Campos-Dávila and D.B. Lluch-Cota (2012) Length-weight relationship of wild fish captured at the mouth of Río Verde, Oaxaca, Mexico and connected lagoons (Miniyua, El Espejo, Chacahua and Pastoría). J. Appl. Ichthyol. 28:269-271. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01914.x
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