How to Identify Horse-Eye Jack Fish
The fish known as horse-eye jack (Caranx latus) is similar to a jack crevalle. The horse-eye jack can be found in the western Atlantic from New Jersey through much of the Gulf of Mexico South to Brazil. Horse-eye jacks are found in open water and occasionally they will travel up coastal streams and rivers when young. Horse-eye jack’s eat fish, crabs and shrimp.
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Horse-eye jacks are known for their large eyes. They are gray to bluish-black above and a silvery-white on the sides and belly.
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A row of dark-colored scutes extends from the middle of the body to the center of the forked tail fin.
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The horse-eye jack’s tail fin is yellow and the top of the rear dorsal fin is blackish.
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The horse-eye can also be identified if in hand easily because, unlike other jacks, its chest covered entirely in scales.
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There are 20 to 22 soft rays in the dorsal fin and 14 to 18 gill rakers on the lower limb of the first arch.
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The horse-eye jack can grow to 30 inches and weigh up to 8.5 lbs.
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