Hemicaranx

Hemicaranx
Bluntnose jack (H. amblyrhynchus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Caranginae
Genus:	Hemicaranx Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Hemicaranx marginatus Bleeker, 1862[1]

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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemicaranx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemicaranx". FishBase. February 2013 version.