Blue Runner

The blue runner (Caranx crysos), also known as the bluestripe jack, Egyptian scad, hardtail jack, or hardnose, is a common species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The blue runner is distributed across the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Brazil to Canada in the western Atlantic and from Angola to Great Britain including the Mediterranean in the east Atlantic. The blue runner is distinguished from similar species by several morphological features, including the extent of the upper jaw, gill raker count, and lateral line scale counts. The blue runner is known to reach a maximum length of 70 cm and 5.05 kg in weight, but is much more common below 35 cm.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Blue Runner being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Caranx caballus
• Alepes vari
• Pseudocaranx georgianus
• Seriola dumerili
• Craterognathus plagiotaenia
• Caranx bartholomaei

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Carangiformes

Family

Carangidae

Genus

Caranx

Species

Caranx crysos

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