Caranx latus

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Sub-Phylum: 
Vertebrata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Perciformes
Sub-Order: 
Percoidei
Family: 
Carangidae
Genus: 
Caranx
Species: 
latus
Authority: 
Agassiz 1831
Synonym(s): 
Caranx lepturus (Agassiz, 1831)
Caranx fallax (Cuvier, 1833)
Caranx richardi (Holbrook, 1855)
Carangus aureus (Poey, 1875)

Diagnosis

Diagnosis_genus: Caranx Lacépède. Two dorsal fins; no small fins above or below the tail; the sides of the tail lengthwise statements keel, or a small fin composed with two stings and a membrane in front of the anal fin.

Diagnosis_species: Caranx lepturus Agassiz. Corpore compressissimo, lato; linea laterali antice sursum arcuata, angulata; pinna caudali parva, cauda angustissima; pinnis pectoralibus ad pinnae analis insertionem usque extensis; capite parum longiore quam alto. Caput compressissimum supra carinatum, parum longius quam altum, quartam totius longitudinis partem superans, antice declive; rostrum obtussimum, mandibula angustior quam in Carange lato, parum prominens; dentes mandibulae externi omnes ejusdem magnitudinis, retrorsum reclinati, parum minores quam illae maxillae superioris, quorum anteriores posterioribus duplo majores, aculissimi. Buccae planae nee non operculi et praecoperculi pars superior squamis minutissimis tectae. Oculi magni supra et ante maxillarum commissuram. Nares utrinque duae, rostri cantho propriores quam oculis, posteriores majores, ovatae, patulae, anteriores minores rimaeformes, subtulosae. Truncus compressissimus ovatus, postice rectis fere lineis in caudam tenuissimam angustatus, non duplo latior qual longus. Squamae omnes adeo parvae sunt, ut oculi inermi vix conspici possint, simplicissimae oblongae, lineis curvis concentricis minus confertis quam in Carange lato, notatae; radiis nullis. Linea lateralis recta fere, ab operculi angulo superiore sursum, arcuatim medium latus et iterum recta linea caudae apicem tendit; scuta partis curvatae minima, latiora quam longa, canali mucoso insignia, 55; caudae lateris lata, imbricata, carinata aeuleataque, sensim majora, postremis tamen minimis, 40. Radius recumbens ante pinnam dorsalem anteriorem exsertus; pinnae dorsolis anterioris radii duo priores tenuissimi breviores, tertius longior crassior, sequentes sensim breviores; pinnae dorsalis posterioris radii anteriores etsi articulati tadem simplices, tertius longissimus pinnae, tertio pinnae anterioris longior; sequentes apice fissi, sensim minores, postremi subdistincti. Pinna caudalis parva, tenuis. Pinnae analis mollis radii anteriores sequentibus multo longiores; aculei antici subdistincti, breviores quam in Carange lato; pinnae ventrales parvae, obtusae; pectorales acuminatae, ensiformes, angustae. Pinnae pectorales radiis I8, ventralis 6, analis 2, 20, caudalis 7, 15, 7, dorsalis 8, 24. Supra caeruleus; latera et venter argentei. In Museo Monacensi specimen in spiritu vini servatur 4" 9''' longum. Habitat in Oceano Atlantico.

Body_adults_length_mean: 60 cm
Body_length_sexual_maturity: 42.5 cm
Max_male_length : 101 cm
Max_weight: 13.4 kg

Etymology

Caranx: French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish.

Type species

The type species of the genus Caranx is Caranx carangua (Lacepède 1801) (Animalbase).

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type illustration: Caranx lepturus Spix & Agassiz 1831. Tab. LVI.b.Fig.2. (p. 300).

Ecology

Habitat: Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks, Ascension Island, and two confirmed records from the Gulf of Guinea.
Substrate: water
Salinity: marine (saltwater)
Depth: Mesopelagic (140-717 m)
Temperature: 13.34-27.68 °C
Migratory: yes. Diadromous migration (anadromous)
Causality_of_migration: Trophic migration
Temporality_of_migration: seasonal (September to November, In Nigeria, and presumably other parts of Africa)

Life cycle

A pelagic schooling species usually found in offshore reefs. Juveniles are encountered along shores of sandy beaches, also over muddy bottoms. May penetrate into brackish water and ascend rivers. Adults feed on fishes, shrimps, and other invertebrates. Often approach divers. Eggs are pelagic.
Reproduces via dioecism (sexes are separate), fertilization is external with an unknown spawning frequency in June, July, and August off Cuba.
Fecondity_number of eggs per adult: > 1,000,000
Ferility_period: Seasonal (during spring and summer) (April, July and August)
Spawning_method: External fertilization in the water column
 

Feeding behaviour

Carnivorous

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Reference(s)

Caribbean Coral Reef Fishery Resources

Munro JL (1983) Caribbean Coral Reef Fishery Resources. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Manilla

Observation site(s)

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