Bicolor jack

Hemicaranx bicolor

Seventy Centimeters Carangid Fish of African Waters

Tropical
Estuary
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Hemicaranx bicolor is a species of jack fishes in the family Carangidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa. Adults can grow up to 70 centimetres (28 in) but usually grow up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Hemicaranx
Maximum length: 70 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Along the west African coast from Sierra Leone to Angola (Ref. 57392 ). Reported from the Sine-Saloum Estuary in Senegal, the Gambia River in Gambia, the Fatala River in Guinea (Ref. 28587 ) and from Mauritania (Ref. 55783 ), but this is unconfirmed in Ref. 57392 and needs confirmation.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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