Caranx hippos

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Sub-Phylum: 
Vertebrata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Perciformes
Sub-Order: 
Percoidei
Family: 
Carangidae
Genus: 
Caranx
Species: 
hippos
Authority: 
Linnaeus 1766
Synonym(s): 
Scomber hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Carangus chrysos (Gill, 1863)
Carangus hippos (Gill, 1863)
Carangus hippus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1863)

Diagnosis

Diagnosis_Genus: Caranx Lacépède. Two dorsal fins; no small fins above or below the tail; the sides of the tail lengthwise statements keel, or a small fin composed with two stings and a membrane in front of the anal fin.
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Diagnosis_Species: Scomber hippos Linnaeus. S. pinnulis unitis, operculis postice macula nigra. B.7. D. 7, 22. P. 22. V. 6. A. 22/I0. C.30. Habitat in Carolina. D. Garden. Dentes unica ferie: anticis 2 majoribus. Linea lateralis in medio valde declinata, postice carinata subspinosa. P. Dprsalis posterior rubra. Ventralis Analisque lutea. Spinae ante Analem remotae.
 
Body_male_length: 75 cm
Body_max_length: 124 cm
Body_male_length_maturity: 55 cm
Body_female_length_maturity: 66 cm
Max_weight: 25 kg
Eggs_diameter: 0.7-0.9 mm
Newly_hatched_larvae: 1.6-1.8 mm

Etymology

Caranx: French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish.

Type species

The type species of the genus Caranx is Caranx carangua (Lacepède 1801) (Animalbase).

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type locality:  Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.].

Ecology

Habitat: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Angola, including the western Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay, including the Greater Antilles. Absent from eastern Lesser Antilles.
Habitat: oceanic
Habitat: coastal
Substrate: water
Salinity: brackish
Temperature_adults: 27°C
Depth: 1 - 350 m
Migratory: yes. Diel vertical migration.
Causality_of_migration: temperature (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 limits)
Temporality_of_migration: seasonal (before beginning of winter)

Life cycle

Generation_time: more than 3 years
Fertility_period: Seasonal (during spring and summer, March to September, South of Florida), (during spring, April to May, Cuba)
Spawning_method: External fertilization in the water column (in the southeastern Atlantic coast and in the Gulf Stream, including any associated currents)

Feeding behaviour

Carnivorous

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Reference(s)

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Amyloodinium ocellatum New York Aquarium
Amyloodinium ocellatum Gulf Coast Research Laboratory