OuiSi Nature · Card 182
Black Jack
Caranx lugubris
- Location
- Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico
- Date
- April 6, 2016
Photograph byOctavio AburtoDescription
The black jack lives either individually or in small schools and is known to school with other species. It is a predatory fish, taking a variety of fish, crustaceans and mollusks as prey. These species' common names all refer to the black hue displayed by the fish, with the name 'black jack' most commonly used. Other names include 'black trevally', 'black kingfish', 'coal fish' and 'black ulua' in Hawaii.
Photo linkinstagram.com/p/CDjw3hCjL2Z
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caranx_lugubris
The photographer
Octavio Aburto
Professional photographer associated at the iLCP and a Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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