jurel

A fish of the genus Caranx, as C. pisquetus, C. fallax, in Florida, etc.

A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; — called also hardtail, horse crevallé, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as Caranx fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.

The jack, edible fish of the genera Caranx or Trachurus.