blue runner
Scientific name | Caranx crysos |
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Descriptor | Mitchill |
Year of description | 1815 |
IUCN category (World) | LC |
Family | Carangidae |
Genus | Caranx |


Introduction
Caranx crysos, commonly known as blue runner, is a salt water fish.
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Who is it?
Morphology
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Average size40 cm
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Maximum size70 cm
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Longevity11 year
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Average size40 cm
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Maximum size70 cm
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Longevity11 year
How to recognize This fish ?
The blue runner measures between 40 and 70 cm. This fish is unicolore with a predominantly gris body.
Behaviour & Life cycle
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dietcarnivorous
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Sociabilityliving in shoals
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territorialNo
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Way of livingdiurnal
The blue runner is a fish living in shoals naturally found at mid-depth. This species is carnivorous .
n general, this species does not care much about other animals crossing its path.
Reproduction
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Reproductionovipare qui pond en eau libre
The blue runner is a fish ovipare qui pond en eau libre.
Harmless species
This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.
Origin and distribution

What is its habitat?
Natural environment characteristics
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Temperature17 - 28 °C
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Depth0 - 100 m
Biotope presentation
The blue runner is most often found at a depth between 0m and 100m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.
Species of the same biotope
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Scientific partners
Tags
#Carangidae
#Caranx
#mangrove
#zone côtière
#zones côtières troubles
#zones d'algues et de détritus végétaux
#Gulf of Mexico
#Caribbean Sea
#Mediterranean Sea
#Atlantic Ocean: North Coast of Brazil
#Océan Atlantique Est Afrique - Golfe de guinée
#Océan Atlantique Est Afrique - Transition & Cap Vert
#Cold temperate Northwest Atlantic Ocean
#Northwest warm temperate Atlantic Ocean
#Eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean
#Southwest Tropical Atlantic Ocean
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