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Carangidae
cottonmouthjack
Uraspis secunda
White mouth and tongue
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
Mediumcottonmouthjack is known from Worldwide in warm waters as a migratory fish. The largest recorded length is 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Uraspis
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Worldwide in warm waters. Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania (Ref. 3287 , 3197 ). Eastern Central Pacific: California, USA to Costa Rica (Ref. 2850 ). Also in Hawaii. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 7097 ); also Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 3197 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
