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SpeciesPerciformesCarangidae
Fish

🐟Crevalle jack

Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

De paardmakreel (Caranx hippos) is een straalvinnige vis uit de familie van de horsmakrelen (Carangidae) en behoort derhalve tot de orde van de baarsachtigen (Perciformes).

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Also called
Jack, Black Cavalli, Black-tailed Trevally, Blacktailed Trevally, Cabali, Cabalo, Carangue, Common Jack, Couvalli Jack, Crevalle, Crevelle Jack, Green Jack, Horse Crevalle, Horse Mackerel, Horse-eye Jack, King Fish, Kingfish, Trevally, Yellow Cavalli
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
32 kg
Body length
0.75 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Crevalle jack

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Body mass
32 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
0.75 mrecord 1.24 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
3.56
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.56 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
reports of ciguatera poisoning
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
32 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Crevalle jack yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyCarangidae
  5. ›genusCaranx
  6. ›speciesCaranx hippos
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. classActinopteri
  3. subclassNeopterygii
  4. orderAcanthomorphata
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
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Caranx hippos (es), Caranx hippos (fr), Paardmakreel (nl), Caranx hippos (pt), Caranx hippos (ca), Cavalla (de) … and 16 more languages
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