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.

2. A row of dark-colored scutes extends from the middle of the body to the center of the forked tail fin.

3. The horse-eye jack’s tail fin is yellow and the top of the rear dorsal fin is blackish.

4. The horse-eye can also be identified if in hand easily because, unlike other jacks, its chest covered entirely in scales.

5. 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.

6. The horse-eye jack can grow to 30 inches and weigh up to 8.5 lbs.

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