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Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860

Black jack
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India country information

Common names: Kalufanihandi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the Laccadive Sea (Ref. 45255).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Caranx: French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 12 - 354 m (Ref. 9710), usually 24 - 65 m (Ref. 5217).   Subtropical; 30°N - 30°S, 180°W - 180°E

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