Carangidae

Bludger

Turrum gymnostethus

Breast area lacks scales

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

The bludger (Carangoides gymnostethus), also known as the bludger trevally, nakedbreast trevally or Bleeker's jackfish, is a widespread species of large marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The bludger inhabits the tropical and subtropical regions of the Indo-west Pacific Ocean, distributed from South Africa in the west to Japan and New Caledonia in the east. It is a large fish, growing to a maximum recorded length of 90 cm, and is very similar to the yellowspotted trevally, Carangoides fulvoguttatus, but can be separated by the complete absence of breast scales and a number of other anatomical features.