Caranx hippos (Linnaeus 1766)

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 44

Caranx hippos (Linnaeus 1766) . Crevalle Jack; Jurel Común, Jiguagua

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Atlantic Ocean; from Nova Scotia, Canada, to Uruguay, in the western Atlantic, and from Portugal to Angola, including the western Mediterranean, in the eastern Atlantic; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Es, BF, IM and To (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 165; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 23; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 41, as Caranx sp. —misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3640; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 45; listed, including information on distribution).