Fish

• A vernacular name used for several fish
  Fish
  Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
  
   species in the families Carangidae
  Carangidae
  Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, and scads.They are marine fish found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans...
  
   and Scombridae
  Scombridae
  Scombridae is the family of the mackerels, tunas, and bonitos, and thus includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of about 55 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies...
  
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  • Crevalle jack
    Crevalle jack
    The crevalle jack, Caranx hippos is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae...
    
     Caranx hippos (cavalla)
  • Atlantic mackerel
    Atlantic mackerel
    The Atlantic mackerel , is a pelagic schooling species of mackerel found on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. The species is also called Boston mackerel, or just mackerel....
    
     Scomber scombrus (cavalla)
  • Chub mackerel
    Chub mackerel
    The chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, also known as the Pacific mackerel or blue mackerel and sometimes referred to as a "hardhead" or "bullseye", closely resembles the Atlantic chub mackerel.-Identification:...
    
     Scomber japonicus (cavalla vera)
  • Bar jack
    Bar jack
    The bar jack, Carangoides ruber is a common species of inshore marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae...
    
     Carangoides ruber (blue striped cavalla)
  • Blue trevally
    Blue trevally
    The blue trevally, Carangoides ferdau is a common widespread species of pelagic marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae...
    
     Carangoides ferdau (Ferdau's cavalla)
  • Longnose trevally
    Longnose trevally
    The longnose trevally, Carangoides chrysophrys , is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae...
    
     Carangoides chrysophrys (long nose cavalla)
  • Longfin trevally
    Longfin trevally
    The longfin trevally, Carangoides armatus , is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is common in tropical to subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, ranging from South Africa in the west to Japan in the east, typically inhabiting inshore reefs and bays...
    
     Carangoides armatus (long fin cavalla)
  • Malabar trevally
    Malabar trevally
    The Malabar trevally, Carangoides malabaricus, is a species of large inshore marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae...
    
     Carangoides malabaricus (Malabar cavalla)
  • Whitefin trevally
    Whitefin trevally
    The whitefin trevally, Carangoides equula is a species of deep water offshore fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species inhabits the tropical to temperate waters of the Indo-pacific and Central Pacific, ranging from South Africa in the west to Hawaii in the east...
    
     Carangoides equula (white fin cavalla)

Other uses

• USS Cavalla
  USS Cavalla
  Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Cavalla, after the cavalla, a fish of the pompano family.* The , was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1944, served until 1969, and is a museum ship in Galveston, Texas....
  
  , the name of two U.S. Navy submarines
• Cavalla River
  Cavalla River
  The Cavalla River is a river in West Africa running from north of Mount Nimba in Guinea, through Côte d'Ivoire, to Zwedru in Liberia, and back to the border with Côte d'Ivoire. It ends in the Gulf of Guinea 21 km east of Harper, Liberia...
  
  , in West Africa