Cocinero
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit coastal and oceanic waters . They feed on small fishes, crustaceans and other benthic invertebrates . Marketed fresh and salted or dried .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Body elongate, moderately deep, and compressed; snout slightly pointed; adipose eyelid poorly developed; lower branch of the first gill arch with 28 to 30 gill rakers; chest entirely covered by scales; lateral line arched anteriorly, with 46 to 53 strong scutes in the straight part; back gray blue; belly silvery with green-gold highlights; 8 to 9 incomplete, dark, vertical bars along the flanks; edge of operculum with a very conspicuous black stain .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Cocinero is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; depth range ? - 50 m . Tropical; 30°N - Central Pacific: western coast of Baja California, Mexico to Peru (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
small fishes, crustaceans and other benthic invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- medium-heavy 7ft spinning rod
- 30-50 lb braid
- fluorocarbon leader
- grass flats
- oyster bars
- marsh drains
- deeper channel edges
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ Slot limits protect breeding-size fish. Verify daily bag limits.
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Cocinero is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Detailed nutritional data for Cocinero is currently being compiled from USDA FoodData Central.
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Cocinero has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🔬 Full Nutritional Profile
Per 100g - Raw, per 100g - Source: USDA FoodData Central templates (generic fish average)
📊 Population Dynamics
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🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Barred Jack · Cocinero · Jack · Striped Jack |
| 🌍CES | kranas polopruhý |
| 🇫🇷French | Cuisinier |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Xaréu-convicto |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Cocinero Convicto · Cocinero Dorado · Jurel · Jurel Rayado · cocinera · cocinero |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 橫帶鰺 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 21 records indexed .
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