Hemicaranx is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae, the jacks, pompanos, scads and trevallies, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus (G. Cuvier, 1833) Bluntnose jack western Atlantic Ocean Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther, 1860 ) Bicolor jack eastern Atlantic Ocean around Africa. Hemicaranx leucurus (Günther, 1864 ) Yellowfin jack southern tip of Baja California, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador. Hemicaranx zelotes C. H. Gilbert, 1898 Blackfin jack Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru
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