Genus: Caranx, Jacks, Crevalles, Trevallies, Pompanos
pectoral > head
D & A: no finlets behind
jaw teeth: top - canines + inner band, bottom - 1 row
rear section LL: scutes
CARANX
JACKS, CREVALLES, TREVALLIES, POMPANOS
Body moderately compressed in adults; top jaw with an outer row of canines and an inner band of fine teeth; lower jaw with one row of teeth; margin of body at rear of gill chamber without papillae; pectoral fins longer than head; 1st dorsal IX, lower than 2nd dorsal; dorsal and anal fins not followed by finlets; tail base slender; tail strongly forked; lateral line with scutes (large, hard spiny scales) on straight rear part but not curved front part.
A circumtropical genus of perhaps 17 species. Our region contains 6 species, including 1 circumtropical species, 2 Indo-Pacific species and 2 endemics.
