Caranx sexfasciatus

Osteichthyes Carangidae Genus Caranx Caranx sexfasciatus

Bigeye trevally CXS

26.3 cm TL

Characteristic features:

Colour:

Head and body silvery with blue-green tint above, pale below; small black spot above opercle; 2nd dorsal-fin lobe blackish with white tip in adult, anal fin yellowish.

Size:

Up to 85 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo–West and Central Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Adults are reef associated, found from the surface to 150 m depth. Juveniles found in estuary areas.

Biology:

Feeds primarily on fishes, squids and crustaceans. Forms large schools during the day time but is solitary at night when feeding.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught mainly by hook-and-line, also with gill nets and purse seines.

Similar species:

Caranx tille
Tille trevally

Caranx tille differs in having the second dorsal-fin lobe without white tip in adults (vs. with); head profile strongly convex (vs. moderately convex) and opercular spot usually large in adults, similar in size to pupil (vs. small, considerably smaller than pupil).

to Caranx tille

External links:

FishBase
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species^TM