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bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)
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bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) specimen
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Carangidae

bluefin trevally

Caranx melampygus

Fish Reaching One Hundred Seventeen Centimeters in the Hawaiian Islands

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

bluefin trevally is known from Indo-Pacific as a fish. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 117 cm.

Genus
Caranx
Maximum length
117 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Ducie Island, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico to Panama (Ref. 9283 ). Hybrid with Caranx sexfasciatus found in Hawaii (Ref. 58422 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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