Carangidae

Barcheek trevally

Craterognathus plagiotaenia

Carangid Fish of the Persian Gulf

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The barcheek trevally (Craterognathus plagiotaenia), also known as the barcheek kingfish, shortridge trevally or oblique-banded trevally, is a species of moderately large marine fish of the jack family Carangidae. The barcheek trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-west Pacific region, ranging from South Africa in the west to Japan, Australia and a number of small central Pacific islands in the east. The species inhabits inshore and offshore waters, found along the slopes of lagoons and out to deeper reefs on the continental shelf, where it preys on small fish and benthic crustaceans.