Least ConcernCrevalle Jack
Caranx hippos
Bony fish · Perciformes · Carangidae
Lichia amia
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The leerfish is a large, silvery, laterally compressed jack, with a lateral line that runs in a strongly marked zigzag. It hunts in coastal waters, off beaches and at river mouths in the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, chasing shoals of mullet and sardines right into the surf.
Weight
up to 50 kg
Size
60 cm – 2 m
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: FishBase (Froese & Pauly, eds.) · Lista Roja de la UICN (evaluación de 2015)
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 40.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Leerfish — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about leerfish.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
