Definition of Caranx hippos

1. Noun. Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Crevalle Jack, Jack Crevalle
Generic synonyms: Jack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caranx Hippos

Capuron
Caputoan
Cara
Carabelli tubercle
Carabidae
Caracalla
Caracas
Carafate
Caragana arborescens
Caragana sinica
Carangidae
Caranx
Caranx bartholomaei
Caranx crysos
Caranx hippos (current term)
Caraparu virus
Carapicuíba
Carapidae
Caravaggio
Carazo
Carboloy
Carbonarism
Carbondale
Carboniferous
Carboniferous period

Literary usage of Caranx hippos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Naval Hygiene by James Duncan Gatewood (1909)
"It also has its breast scaled, while in the Caranx crysos and Caranx hippos the breast is bare. The Caranx latus has 22 soft rays in the second dorsal, ..."

2. The Fishes of Zanzibar: Acanthopterygii by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Caranx hippos. [H«0 For synonymy see Günther, Fish. ii. p. 449. Aden. Zanzibar. Atlantic coasts of temperate and tropical America. All the Indian seas, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Young horse-crevalle (Caranx hippos) were obtained at several localities in Great South Bay, and the common cre- vallé (Caranx ..."

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