Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Caranx sexfasciatus
Jurel voráz, jurel ojón, jurel voráz, jurel oral, Sixband jack, bigeye trevalle, Bigeye jack
Silver to silvery gray. Large eye. Forehead (nape) steep. Length: From 50 to 85 cm
Habitat: Open water
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangiformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Carangidae
Genus
Caranx
Species
sexfasciatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carangoides sexfasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (subsequent combination), Carangus marginatus Gill, 1863, Carangus rhabdotus Jenkins, 1903, Caranx belengerii Cuvier, 1833, Caranx butuanensis Seale, 1910, Caranx elacate Jordan & Evermann, 1903, Caranx flavocoeruleus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844, Caranx forsteri Cuvier, 1833, Caranx fosteri Cuvier, 1833, Caranx marginatus (Gill, 1863), Caranx oshimai Wakiya, 1924, Caranx paraspistes Richardson, 1848, Caranx peronii Cuvier, 1833, Caranx sexfaciatus elacate (Jordan & Evermann, 1903), Caranx sexfaciatus marginatus (Gill, 1863), Caranx tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856, Caranx thompsoni Seale, 1905, Caranx xanthopygus Cuvier, 1833, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Indo-Pacific; equatorial region of the eastern Pacific from Mazatlan, Mexico to Ecuador and Galapagos
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