Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 45

Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) .

Crevalle Jack; Jurel Común, Jiguagua.

Distribution: Global: Atlantic Ocean; from Portugal to Angola, including the western Mediterranean, in the eastern Atlantic, and from Nova Scotia, Canada, to Uruguay in the western Atlantic; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: To and Ma (Atlantic), 0– 5 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 1000; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3640; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).