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.