Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Carangidae
Genus: Hemicaranx
Species: H. amblyrhynchus – H. bicolor – H. leucurus – H. zelotes
Name
Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862
References
Hemicaranx – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Hemicaranx species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Hemicaranx is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae, the jacks, pompanos, scads and trevallies, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (G. Cuvier, 1833) | Bluntnose jack | western Atlantic Ocean |
| Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860 ) | Bicolor jack | eastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa. | |
| Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864 ) | Yellowfin jack | southern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador. | |
| Hemicaranx zelotes C. H. Gilbert, 1898 | Blackfin jack | Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru |
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemicaranx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemicaranx". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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