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title: "Großaugenmakrele"
description: "Caranx latus — Fische. The horse-eye jack (Caranx latus), also known as the big-eye jack, is a game fish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/horse-eye-jack
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Großaugenmakrele

> Caranx latus — Fische. The horse-eye jack (Caranx latus), also known as the big-eye jack, is a game fish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae.

- Scientific name: *Caranx latus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1744
- Wikidata: [Q2701811](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2701811)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47227](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47227)

## Names

- en: Horse-eye Jack
- de: Großaugenmakrele
- es: Jurel blanco
- fr: Carangue gros-yeux

## Countries with the most observations

US (212), MX (195), BZ (187), BS (77), KY (74), BR (69), PR (50), MQ (43), VI (43), GP (42), JM (37), HN (30)

## Summary

The horse-eye jack (Caranx latus), also known as the big-eye jack, is a game fish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae. Its appearance is similar to that of the crevalle jack, although the horse-eye jack's head is not as blunt. The horse-eye jack is known to feed on smaller fish and on many invertebrates, such as shrimp and crab.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-eye_jack

## Photo

![Großaugenmakrele](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/horse-eye-jack/medium.jpg)

Photo: G Key · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27460669

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/horse-eye-jack?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).