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Fishing Species

Crevalle Jack Fish Species Information

Crevalle Jack

Label Details
Scientific Fish Name: Caranx hippos
Other Fish Name: common jack, blacktailed trevally, cabalo, green jack, horse mackerel, horse-eye jack, kingfish, trevally
Regions Fished: western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to Uruguay and the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola.
World Record:
Common Tackle:
Additional Information: The fish usually weighs between 15 to 30 pounds, but a 51 pound Crevalle Jack was taken off the coast of Florida. Crevalle jacks can be poisonous to eat due to the threat of ciguatera poisoning, but they are prized as a game fish.