Caranx

Caranx is a genus of tropical to subtropical marine fishes in the jack family Carangidae, commonly known as jacks, trevallies and kingfishes. They are moderate- to large-sized, deep-bodied fishes which are distinguished from other carangid genera by specific gill raker, fin ray and dentition characteristics. The genus is represented in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, inhabiting both inshore and offshore regions, ranging from estuaries and bays to deep reefs and offshore islands. All species are powerful predators, taking a variety of fish, crustaceans and cephalopods, while they in turn are prey to larger pelagic fishes and sharks. A number of fish in the genus have a reputation as powerful gamefish and are highly sought by anglers. They often make up high amounts of the catch in various fisheries, but are generally considered poor to fair table fishes.

Caranx

Albert kok · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CarangidaePBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes

Time the record covers

At least 33 million years on record.

The record covers at least 33.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 48.07 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 3 of 26 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 1 of 26 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 11 of 26 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 26 occurrencesPleistocene — about 4 of 26 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences47–46 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences41–39 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences33–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 1 occurrence11–9.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.8–8.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.2–6.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.5–4.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.9–3.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.3–1.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.6–0 Mya — about 8 occurrences33.9 Mya11.7 ka49 Mya0 Mya

26 occurrences of Caranx on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

26 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

9 formations

Bermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WTonasa — 5.05°S, 119.69°EKreyenhagen — 36.90°N, 120.28°WKreyenhagen — 36.55°N, 120.55°WYsidro — 26.23°N, 112.50°WTamiami — 27.34°N, 82.51°WTumey — 36.55°N, 120.55°WQuilon — 8.81°N, 76.65°ELa Portada — 23.11°S, 70.36°WChagres — 9.27°N, 80.06°W

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The named rock units Caranx has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 14 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Caranx and its relatives

Miocene

Where Caranx and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

641 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 18 sites for Caranx, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

16 references

Each of the 26 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 4 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Caranx

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Albert kok
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Commercial use
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CT scan

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Specimen
Caranx hippos · UF:Fish:127945

3D model

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Sketchfab
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The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itCarangidae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lacépède 1802