The scientific family name for jack fishes, trevallies, and pompanos, a large group of marine fish found in tropical and temperate oceans.
Derived from Caranx (a genus in the family), from Greek karanks or karankos, a term for a type of fish known to ancient Mediterranean peoples.
The Carangidae family is so successful that it includes over 140 species—they conquered nearly every ocean, making them one of the sea's ultimate success stories!
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