Cocinero (Caranx vinctus)

Scientific name: Caranx vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Cocinero (Caranx vinctus)

The Cocinero (Caranx vinctus) is a marine fish of the family Carangidae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, western coast of Baja California, Mexico to Peru.

Biology

Body elongate, moderately deep, and compressed; snout slightly pointed; adipose eyelid poorly developed; lower branch of the first gill arch with 28 to 30 gill rakers; chest entirely covered by scales; lateral line arched anteriorly, with 46 to 53 strong scutes in the straight part; back gray blue; belly silvery with green-gold highlights; 8 to 9 incomplete, dark, vertical bars along the flanks; edge of operculum with a very conspicuous black stain.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Caranx vinctus
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
37.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
50 m (164 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous; depth range ? - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: western coast of Baja California, Mexico to Peru.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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