Crevalle jack: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the crevalle jack lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Caranx hippos
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Carangiformes
Family	Carangidae

Where does the crevalle jack live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the crevalle jack in 5 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Salvaterra.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the crevalle jack endangered?

The crevalle jack’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the crevalle jack?

The crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) is a ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes and the family Carangidae, genus Caranx. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the crevalle jack

The crevalle jack (Caranx hippos), also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli, jack crevale, or yellow cavalli is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae. The crevalle jack is distributed across the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Nova Scotia, Canada to Uruguay in the western Atlantic and Portugal to Angola in the eastern Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is distinguishable from similar species by its deep body, fin colouration and a host of more detailed anatomical features, including fin ray and lateral line scale counts. It is one of the largest fish in the genus Caranx, growing to a maximum known length of 124 cm and a weight of 32 kg, although is rare at lengths greater than 60 cm. The crevalle jack inhabits both inshore and offshore waters to depths of around 350 m, predominantly over reefs, bays, lagoons and occasionally estuaries. Young fish dispersed north by currents in the eastern Atlantic are known to migrate back to more tropical waters before the onset of winter; however, if the fish fail to migrate, mass mortalities occur as the temperature falls below the species' tolerance.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Crevalle jack (revision 1363901677), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1051743 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).