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Other names occasionally used include lowly trevally, barrier trevally, yellowfin jack (not to be confused with Hemicaranx leucurus), Forsskål's Indo-Pacific jack fish and Goyan fish. [6] In Hawaii , the species is almost exclusively referred to as ulua , often in conjunction with the prefixes black, white, or giant. [ 11 ]
Common name Binomial Sinhala Name Bludger. Carangoides gymnostethus: Vattiyaa (වට්ටියා) Yellowspotted trevally. Carangoides fulvoguttatus: Thumba parau (තුම්බ පරාවා) Blacktip trevally. Caranx heberi: Guru parau (ගුරු පරාවා) Giant trevally. Caranx ignobilis: Parau (පරාවා) Indian Scad ...
Giant trevally (Carangue grande face) Flattened body, with a somewhat bulging head. Dark yellow to silver above, silvery below. Fins are yellowish to black. Scales are absent on the breast except for a small patch. Inhabits clear lagoons and seaward reefs. The young fish are often found in estuaries. Caught with line. Good sporting fish.
The bluefin trevally is a large fish, growing to a maximum known length of 117 cm and a weight of 43.5 kg, [2] however it is rare at lengths greater than 80 cm. [8] It is similar in shape to a number of other large jacks and trevallies, having an oblong, compressed body with the dorsal profile slightly more convex than the ventral profile, particularly anteriorly.
giant trevally: the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, with a range stretching from South Africa in the west to Hawaii in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831: horse-eye jack: the subtropical Atlantic ocean from Bermuda and the northern Gulf of Mexico and south to Rio de Janeiro.
The brassy trevally is a large species of fish, growing to a known maximum of 88 cm in length and 6.4 kg in weight. [5] As its name suggests, the brassy trevally is a brassy to yellow greenish colour dorsally, becoming silvery white on the underside. Juveniles generally lack the brassy tinge, being silver all over. [8]
Hawaiian language name Common name Genus Scientific name Family Common family name Endemic; ... Giant trevally: Caranx: C. ignobilis: Carangidae [51] Trevally: N
All names except Caranx sexfasciatus are considered junior synonyms under ICZN rules and discarded. [citation needed] The common name preferred by most authorities is 'bigeye trevally', 'bigeye kingfish', 'bigeye crevalle jack' or bigeye jack', with other names used including 'great trevally', 'six-banded trevally' and 'dusky jack'. [2]