Hemicaranx


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.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus Bluntnose jackwestern Atlantic Ocean
Hemicaranx bicolor Bicolor jackeastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa.
Hemicaranx leucurus Yellowfin jacksouthern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador.
Hemicaranx zelotes Charles [Henry Gilbert|C. H. Gilbert], 1898Blackfin jackEastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru