Bluefin Trevally
Caranx melampygus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,585
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus), also known as the bluefin jack, bluefin kingfish, bluefinned crevalle, blue ulua, omilu, and spotted trevally, is a species of large, widely distributed marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The bluefin trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from Eastern Africa in the west to Central America in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south. The species grows to a maximum known length of 117 centimetres (46 in) and a weight of 43.5 kilograms (96 lb), however…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bluefin trevally”.