Blue Runner

    Family Carangidae, JACKS and POMPANOS
    Caranx crysos

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    Description: color light olive to bluish green above; silvery gray to  golden below; frequently black spot on operculum; readily distinguished from crevalle jack  by lack of black blotch on pectoral fin; tail tips blackish.

    Similar Fish: bluefish, Pomatomus saltarix, other Caranx.

    Found in The Dry Tortugas: throughout entire range

    Size: usually less than 1 pound (11 inches).

    Florida Record: 7 lbs.
                   

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Sea-Clusive Charters
Of The Lower Florida Keys

17195 Kingfish Lane West
Sugarloaf Key, Florida 33042

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1-305-744-9928
Fax: 1-305-745-4311