Caranx lugubris Black jack

Caranx lugubris is commonly referred to as Black jack . Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

10187 

AphiaID:

126805 

Scientific:

Caranx lugubris 

German:

Stachelmakrele 

English:

Black Jack  

Category:

Makrele 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Caranx (Genus) > lugubris (Species) 

Initial determination:

Poey, 1860 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Ghana, El Salvador, Benin, Suriname, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Azores, Bali, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Christmas Islands, Columbia, Comores, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Madeira, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Revillagigedo Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé e Principé, South-Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuamoto Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna 

Sea depth:

1 - 380 Meter 

Size:

27.56" - 39.37" (70cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 84.2 °F (18°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Nekton, Predatory, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Caranx bucculentus
  Blaupunktstachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx caballus
  Grüne Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx caninus
  Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx crysos
  Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx fischeri
  Dickkopf-Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx heberi
  Herbers Makrele, Schwarzspitzen-Makrele
• 
  Caranx hippos
  Pferde-Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx ignobilis
  Dickkopf-Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx latus
  Pferdemakrele
• 
  Caranx lugubris
  Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx melampygus
  Blauflossen-Makrele, Stachelmakrele
• 
  Caranx papuensis
  Papua-Makrele
• Caranx rhonchus
• 
  Caranx ruber
  Blaurücken-Stachelmakrele
• Caranx senegallus
• 
  Caranx sexfasciatus
  Großaugen-Stachelmakrele
• Caranx tille
• Caranx vinctus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Caranx bartholomaei
  Stachelmakrele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-20 20:14:17 

Last edit:

2016-11-21 19:31:34 

Uwaga!

This is a general hint!
Caranx lugubris has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Caranx lugubris in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Caranx lugubris. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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