Name: Blue runner, hardtail jack, yellow jack
Scientific Name: Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Family: Carangidae
Group: Bony fish
Class: Fish
Size: 51-100 cm.
The blue runner is a species that forms shoals close to the coast in areas with sandy bottoms. The juvenile fish shelter among floating algae, such as the sargassum (Sargassum sp.).
Photo by:
Randall, J.E. (www.fishdb.co.uk)
Oceanário Location
Global Ocean
