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Other
names:
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goggle-eye,
horse-eye
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Scientific
name:
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Caranx
latus
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Genus:
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CARANGIDAE
FAMILY
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Occurs throughout the Atlantic Ocean New Jersey on the U.S. coast
to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including Bermuda, the Bahamas and West Indies
in the western Atlantic and off the coast of Africa in the eastern Atlantic.
In the Pacific and Indian oceans
it is placed by its close relative, the bigeye trevally (Caranx (Caranx)
sexfasciatus). It occurs in small schools around off shore islands and
reefs, deep bluewater holes, channels adjacent to flats, and in shore
along sandy beaches.
It feeds primarily on fish, but also on shrimp, crabs, and other invertebrates.
It is a good light-tackle game fish that can be taken with live baits
such as mullet, pinfish, or other small fishes, as well as with plugs,
jigs, spoons, flies, or other small artificial lures. Lures should be
retrieved at a fast pace without slowing or stopping. Like other jack,
it is edible but not highly esteemed as a food fish. The flesh is dark
and relatively tasteless, though this can be improved by cutting off the
tail and bleeding the fish immediately after capture. It is one of many
tropical species which have been implicated in ciguatera poisonings.
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