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BLACK TREVALLY FACTS |
Description
The Black Trevally brown or olive grey or almost black, with a black spot on the upper margin of the gill cover. The underside is bluish grey. It is a compressed fish with a steep sloping forehead, and long curved pectoral fins and a forked tail. There are black scales on the rear of the body. The mouth is large with the angle of the jaw nearly in line with the center of eye.
Other Names
Black Jack
Size
length to 90cm. Weight to 18kg.
Habitat
found in open oceans and around islands at depths from 12m to 354m. Not common in shallow banks. Sometimes seen near reef drop-off at outer edge of reefs. Usually single but sometimes forms schools.
Food
Feeds on fish at night
Breeding
Eggs are pelagic
Range
The Black Trevally is a pelagic fish that is found in tropical marine waters worldwide. In Australia it is found from north-western Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Carangidae | | Genus: | Caranx | | Species: | lugubris | | Common Name: | Black Trevally |
Relatives in same Genus
Giant Trevally (C. ignobilis)
Bluefin Trevally (C. melampygus)
Bigeye Trevally (C. sexfasciatus)
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