Yellowfin jack
📖 Overview
Adults are found in coastal waters, also entering brackish waters . Usually forming schools . Marketed fresh and salted or dried .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
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 .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Yellowfin jack is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Yellowfin jack is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Yellowfin jack is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical; 24°N - 2°S
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bluntnose Jack · Little Jack · Yellowfin Jack |
| 🌍CES | kranas žlutoploutvý |
| 🇫🇷French | Carangue Palomète |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Xaréu-cauda-de-limão |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Casabe Ñato · Cocinero con bandas · Cocinero Ñato · Cocineros con Bandas · Dama · Dama Jurelillo · Jurel de Aleta Amarilla · Jurelito · Jurelito Alilargo · Pámpano Aleta Amarilla · jurelito aletiamarilla · jurelito de aleta amarilla |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 白尾半鰺 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 9 records indexed .
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