Bigeye Jack
Caranx sexfasciatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,811
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), also known as the bigeye jack, great trevally, six-banded trevally and dusky jack, is a species of widespread large marine fish classified in the jack family Carangidae. The bigeye trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from South Africa in the west to California and Ecuador in the east, including Australia to the south and Japan in the north. The bigeye trevally is best distinguished by its colouration, having a dark second dorsal fin with a white tip on the lobe, and also possessing a small…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bigeye trevally”.