Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Black Jack
Caranx lugubris
Black Jack
Category: Jacks
Scientific Name: Caranx lugubris
Size: 1 to 2 ft. (30 to 60 cm)  
Depth: 25-300 ft. (8-90 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Carangiformes (Order)
     └Carangidae (Family) Jacks
      └Caranx (Genus)
       └C. lugubris (Species)
WoRMS ID: 126805🔗
iNaturalist ID: 69775🔗

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