jack crevalle
noun
: a carangid fish (Caranx hippos) that is an important food fish especially along the west coast of Florida
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On the good days, pier fishermen are catching a lot of undersized mutton snappers, pompano, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, jack crevalles, big ladyfish and lots of bluerunners.
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Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Out in the open waters close to the Gulf of Mexico, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish and jack crevalles were bending his client’s fishing rods.
—Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
From the coast, anglers fishing Dixey Bar report swarms of jumbo redfish mixed in with jack crevalle taking just about anything that hits the water.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 5 Nov. 2021
From the coast, surf fishing remains very good anytime the water clears, with lots of whiting, a few leftover pompano, jack crevalle, blues and Spanish.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 21 May 2021
There are also small fish like permits and jack crevalles, a loggerhead turtle named Blue and a roughtail stingray named Ray Charles — both female.
—Washington Post, 26 June 2018
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Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Out in the open waters close to the Gulf of Mexico, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish and jack crevalles were bending his client’s fishing rods.
—Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
From the coast, anglers fishing Dixey Bar report swarms of jumbo redfish mixed in with jack crevalle taking just about anything that hits the water.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 5 Nov. 2021
From the coast, surf fishing remains very good anytime the water clears, with lots of whiting, a few leftover pompano, jack crevalle, blues and Spanish.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 21 May 2021
There are also small fish like permits and jack crevalles, a loggerhead turtle named Blue and a roughtail stingray named Ray Charles — both female.
—Washington Post, 26 June 2018
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