Bluefin trevally
SpeciesFish
A large jack fish with electric blue fins
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Bluefin trevally
- Fish
The bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus, is a large marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. It occurs in tropical Indian and Pacific Ocean waters, from Eastern Africa to Central America. Adults have electric blue fins and blue and black side spots, while juveniles lack these obvious colours. It inhabits coastal and offshore reefs and is a predator that mainly eats fish, with cephalopods and crustaceans also part of its diet.
- Scientific name
- Caranx melampygus
- Range
- Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans
- Maximum known length
- 117 centimetres
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Bluefin trevally (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q2282919
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsDiego Delso, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 47 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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