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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Jacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies
  6. Jacks, Remoras, and Allies

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Jacks, Remoras, and Allies

Carangoidei

Includes
27 native 15 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Jacks 19 native
  • Pompanos and Queenfishes 4 native
  • Sharksuckers 2 native
  • Cobias 1 native
  • Dolphinfishes 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native jacks, remoras, and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Sharksucker Echeneis naucrates 3,172 observations
  • Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos 2,515 observations
  • Blue Runner Caranx crysos 2,395 observations
  • Common Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus 2,047 observations
  • Yellow Jack Caranx bartholomaei 1,066 observations
  • Yellowtail Kingfish Seriola lalandi 984 observations
  • Lookdown Selene vomer 860 observations
  • Cobia Rachycentron canadum 760 observations
  • Bigeye Scad Selar crumenophthalmus 754 observations
  • Green Jack Caranx caballus 546 observations
  • Atlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnis 449 observations
  • African Pompano Alectis ciliaris 426 observations
  • Mackerel Scad Decapterus macarellus 393 observations
  • Pacific Jack Mackerel Trachurus symmetricus 332 observations
  • Cigar Minnow Decapterus punctatus 314 observations
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