Crevalle Jack

Family Carangidae, JACKS and POMPANOS
Caranx hippos

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Description: color bluish-green to greenish-gold back and silvery or  yellowish belly; soft dorsal and anal fins almost identical in size; prominent black spot  on operculum (gill cover); black spot at the base of each pectoral fin; no scales on  throat.

Similar Fish: other Caranx.

Where found: common throughout.

Size: usually 3 to 5 pounds.

Florida Record: 51 lbs.
               

Dry Tortugas Fish Identification

Sea-Clusive Charters
Of The Lower Florida Keys

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Sugarloaf Key, Florida 33042

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