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Bar jack

Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)

Status not recordedbony fish

The bar jack (Caranx ruber) is a species in the family Carangidae, order Carangiformes.

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Quick facts about the bar jack

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bar jack live?

Not recorded

Is the bar jack endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bar jack classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCarangiformes
  5. familyCarangidae
  6. genusCaranx
  7. SpeciesCaranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)

Synonyms Carangoides ruber, Caranx iridinus, Elaphotoxon ruber, Elaphrotoxon ruber, Scomber ruber

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Greenback CavalyEnglish
  • Never biteEnglish
  • kranas rudýCzech
  • Sortrygget hestemakrelDanish
  • SeitenstreifenmakreleGerman
  • cibí carboneroSpanish
  • carangue comadeFrench
  • JagerDutch
  • YagPapiamento
  • Karanks BaretkaPolish
  • GuaricemaPortuguese
  • Красный каранксRussian
  • 紅鰺Chinese
  • Seitenstreifen-StachelmakreleGerman
  • CojinúaSpanish
  • cojinua carboneraSpanish
  • cojinuda carboneraSpanish
  • Carangue francheFrench
  • CavallyFrench
  • YaruPapiamento
  • Xaréu-de-dorso-neonPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bar jack

Other species in the same genus Caranx.

Kingfish

Caranx ignobilis

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Pinkit

Caranx sexfasciatus

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Jack

Caranx crysos

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Jack

Caranx hippos

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Black ulua

Caranx melampygus

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

Cabali

Caranx lugubris

CarangidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bar jack?

The bar jack (Caranx ruber) belongs to the family Carangidae in the order Carangiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bar jack (Caranx ruber). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-jack

MLA

“Bar jack (Caranx ruber).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-jack.

BibTeX
@misc{bar_jack_2026,
  title = {Bar jack (Caranx ruber)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-jack},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}