Line
Class
kgs |
Line
Class
lbs |
Weight
in
kgs |
Weight
in
lbs. ozs |
Place
of
capture |
Country
of
capture |
Date
of
capture |
Name
of
angler |
HORSE-EYE, JACK / CARANX LATUS |
| 4 |
8 |
4.70 |
10.6 |
San Miguel |
Azores |
200782 |
T. Ogborn |
| AT |
AT |
4.70 |
10.6 |
San Miguel |
Azores |
200782 |
T. Ogborn |
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The impressive Horse-eye jack, Caranx latus, reaches up to 101 cm in length weighing a maximum of 13.4 kg. This fish has 8-9 dorsal spines, 20-22 dorsal soft rays, 2-3 anal spines, 16-17 anal soft rays. There are no spots on the pectoral fins. They may have a small spot on the gill cover. The scutes (bony plates) tend to be dusky or blackish; caudal fin is yellow. The young have broad blackish bars on the body.
 Whilst the horse-eye-jack inhabits mainly the western atlantic it has been found in the eastern atlantic off the coast of Africa. It feeds on fishes, shrimps, and other invertebrates
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