Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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 crevall['e]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel.