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Fishing Species

Bar Jack Fish Species Information

Bar Jack

Label Details
Scientific Fish Name: Carangoides ruber
Other Fish Name: red jack, blue-striped cavalla and passing jack
Regions Fished: Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey and Bermuda in the north to Venezuela and possibly Brazil in the south, with the largest population in the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies.
World Record:
Common Tackle:
Additional Information: inhabits clear shallow waters, often over coral reefs where it lives either solitary or in large schools, taking various fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods as prey.