Cottonmouth jack (Uraspis secunda)

Scientific name: Uraspis secunda Poey, 1860

Cottonmouth jack (Uraspis secunda)

The Cottonmouth jack (Uraspis secunda) is a marine fish of the family Carangidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-32; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19 - 23. Adults dark to bluish black; juveniles with 6-7 dark bands with pale interspaces.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Uraspis secunda
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Common length
40.0
Depth range
1–36 m (3–118 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous; depth range 1 - 36 m, usually 2 - 15 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Worldwide in warm waters. Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania. Eastern Central Pacific: California, USA to Costa Rica. Also in Hawaii. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola; also Algoa Bay, South Africa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (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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