Where does the Blue runner live?

Caranx crysos has 45,456 records in 86 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

45,456 records
86 places
125 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesCarangidaeCaranx

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	22,201
Puerto Rico	12,202
Guinea	2,317
Côte d'Ivoire	720
Brazil	663
Mexico	321
Liberia	291
Cabo Verde	236
Ghana	207
Spain	144
Colombia	140
Sierra Leone	125
US Virgin Islands	112
Gabon	96
ZZ	88
Nigeria	78
Greece	72
Israel	70
Angola	68
Bahamas	66
Italy	55
Belize	44
Guinea-Bissau	40
Martinique	32
Türkiye	32
Guadeloupe	30
Lebanon	30
Malta	29
Cameroon	28
Canada	23
Cuba	23
Dominican Republic	23
Cayman Islands	23
Senegal	18
Cyprus	15
Honduras	15
Barbados	14
Bonaire	14
Equatorial Guinea	14
Saint Martin	14

Showing the top 40 of 86 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Carangidae.

Chilean jack mackerel

Cottonmouth Jack, Cottonmouthjack

1,749 records

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.