Hemicaranx is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae, the jacks, pompanos, scads and trevallies, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
| Hemicaranx | |
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| Bluntnose jack (H. amblyrhynchus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Caranginae |
| Genus: | Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Hemicaranx marginatus Bleeker, 1862[1]
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Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (G. Cuvier, 1833) | Bluntnose jack | western Atlantic Ocean |
| Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860 ) | Bicolor jack | eastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa. | |
| Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864 ) | Yellowfin jack | southern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador. | |
| Hemicaranx zelotes C. H. Gilbert, 1898 | Blackfin jack | Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru |
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemicaranx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemicaranx". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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