Common name of Caranx lugubris
 
Common name Black jack
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Bahamas
Locality
Ref. Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core person (eponym)
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Jack', from Middle English 'jacke' from 'Jacke', i.e., nickname for Johan (p. 644, Ref. 11978); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979).
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