Sealife guideThe bigeye trevallyCaranx sexfasciatus
Last updated on 02/17/2025 at 07:03 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Bigeye trevally
- French name: Carangue à gros yeux
- Spanish name: Jurel voraz
- Scientific name: Caranx sexfasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Family name: Carangidae
- Order name: Carangiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Description
The bigeye trevally has a silver-colored body with, as its name suggests, larger eyes compared to other trevally species. It is distinguished from other trevally species by the slightly yellowish color of its tail.
Geographic range
The bigeye trevally inhabits the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific region, found from the Red Sea and the southern coasts of Africa to Indonesia, southern Japan, and the Ogasawara islands, passing through the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
The bigeye trevally is also found along the coasts of
Australia, New Caledonia and various islands. Additionally, its range extends into the Eastern Pacific, reaching the south-western coast of Baja California Sur in Mexico, the Gulf of California, Ecuador, the Galapagos islands and the
Hawaiian islands.
The bigeye trevally is the most common species of trevally off the coast of South Africa.
Habitat
The bigeye trevally is a pelagic fish species that lives in open water and can be found from the surface down to depths of 475 feet.
The bigeye trevally can form massive schools of over 1,500 individuals.
Diet
The bigeye trevally primarily feeds on small fish and
crustaceans.
Did you know ?
The bigeye trevally is an important fish species for the fishing industry.
The bigeye trevally is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN Red List of threatened species. The bigeye trevally appears in the
IUCN Red List since 2019 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
Bar jack
(Caranx ruber)
Blue runner
(Caranx crysos)
Bluefin trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Crevalle jack
(Caranx hippos)
Giant trevally
(Caranx ignobilis)
Horse-eye jack
(Caranx latus)
Within the same family
African Pompano
(Alectis ciliaris)
Black tail permit fish
(Trachinotus falcatus)
Golden trevally
(Gnathanodon speciosus)
Greater amberjack
(Seriola dumerili)
Indian threadfish
(Alectis indica)
Rainbow runner
(Elagatis bipinnulata)
Steel pompano
(Trachinotus stilbe)
Yellowspotted trevally
(Carangoides fulvoguttatus)
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Small red scorpionfish
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Emperor angelfish
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(Xestospongia testudinaria)
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