Galapagos Species Database
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Uraspis secunda
Jurel Boca Algodón, jurel boca algodón, Cottonmouth Jack
Often darkish; dorsal, anal and tail fins dark. Pectoral fins long, front white (origin of common name ), sides and throat black. Size: 20-35 cm
Habitat: Pelagic, form schools in open water; frequent islands
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangiformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Carangidae
Genus
Uraspis
Species
secunda
Taxon category: Accepted
J. McCosker: likely a synonym of U. helvola fide W. Smith-Vaniz (pers. com.); Syn.: Bassetina hullianus (McCulloch, 1909), Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909, Caranx secundus Poey, 1860, Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927, Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1961, Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938, Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927, Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927, Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Circumtropical. California to Costa Rica Circumtropical, at Galapagos occasionally Darwin, Wolf, Roca Redonda; North to California
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Uraspis secunda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7666. Accessed 18 October 2026.