| Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos), subfamily: Caranginae |
| 117 cm FL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 44 kg |
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reef-associated; depth range 0 - 190 m |
| Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Ducie Island, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico to Panama (Ref. 9283). Hybrid with Caranx sexfasciatus found in Hawaii (Ref. 58422). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21-24; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 17-21. Description: Head and upper body brassy, suffused with blue and speckled with small black spots; median fins electric blue; fins of juveniles and the young pale to dusky, except yellow pectorals (Ref. 2334, 90102). Body oblong and compressed, dorsal profile moderately convex to second dorsal fin, ventral profile slightly convex (Ref. 90102). Breast completely scaly. LL scutes 27-42, strong (Ref. 2334, 90102). Pectoral fins falcate; 2 spines detached from anal fin (Ref. 2334). Adipose eyelid weakly developed (Ref. 90102). |
| A coastal and oceanic species, associated with reefs (Ref. 9283, 58302). Juveniles occur seasonally in shallow sandy inshore waters (Ref. 9710). Found in rivers (Ref. 12792). Pelagic (Ref. 58302). Occasionally in schools. Feeds mainly on other fishes (Ref. 9283), also crustaceans (Ref. 9710). Often toxic when it reaches a length of more than 50 cm (Ref. 4795). Mainly marketed fresh, but also dried or salted (Ref. 9283). Most common trevally in coral reefs (Ref. 90102). |
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(Ref. 96402)
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| reports of ciguatera poisoning |
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