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Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy, &. Gaimard, 1825
BIGEYE TREVALLY
Big-eye Trevally; Great Trevally; Six-banded Trevally; Sixband Trevally; Turrum; Caranx forsteri Cuvier, 1833; Caranx paraspistes Richardson, 1848

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Caranx sexfasciatus
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Caranx sexfasciatus
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Caranx sexfasciatus
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Overview
Main identification features
  • elongate;large eye
  • d: black + white tip
Body relatively elongate; eye large; dorsal rays VIII+I,19-22; anal rays II+I,14-17; gill rakers on first arch (excluding rudiments) 6-8 + 15-19; lateral line with pronounced, but relatively long arch anteriorly; straight part of lateral line with 27-36 strong scutes; breast completely scaled.

Iridescent blue green on back, shading to silvery white below; a small blackish spot near upper end of gill opening; lateral line scutes yellowish to black. Easily identified in the field by its large dark eye and the dark, white-tipped dorsal fin lobe.

Size: reaches 120 cm; at least 14.3 kg..

Habitat: a nocturnal species, usually seen milling in stationary aggregations during the day at the edges of reefs; juveniles in estuaries and into freshwater.

Depth: 1-96 m.

Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas; from southern California to the lower Gulf of California to nothern Peru and all the offshore islands.



Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California).
Depth Range Max: 96 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=-4; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=37; Longitudinal range=40.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Estuary; Mangrove; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef and soft bottom; Freshwater; Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Offshore; In & Offshore.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 120 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Marine; Freshwater.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;


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References
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Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard , 1825

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Caranx: French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous; depth range 0 - 146 m (Ref. 57178 ). Tropical; 26°C - 29°C; 32°N - 36°S, 25°E - 77°W

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Eastern Pacific: southwestern coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico and the Gulf of California to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 9283 ).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m 42.0   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9987 ); common length : 60.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3287 ); max. published weight: 18.0 kg (Ref. 9987 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-22; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 14 - 17; Vertebrae : 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal profile moderately convex anteriorly; adipose eyelid well developed, moderate anteriorly, posterior eyelid extends onto eye to rear border of pupil; gill rakers (including rudiments) 6-8 + 15-19 = 21-25; straight part of lateral line with 0-3 anterior scales followed by 27-36 strong, dark scutes; breast completely scaly; vertebrae 10+15; upper jaw with outer row of strong canines widely spaced in adults, and an inner band of small villiform teeth, widest at symphysis; on lower limb of first gill arch jaw with a single row of strong conical teeth widely spaced in adults. Colour in life with adults' head and body silvery olive to iridescent blue-green above, silvery olive to whitish below; small blackish spot, much smaller than pupil diameter, at upper angle of opercle (this spot evident on specimens of about 14 cm fork length); second dorsal fin olive to blackish, the lobe with a white tip (white tip becomes more obvious with increasing size) (Ref. 9894 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit coastal and oceanic waters associated with reefs (Ref. 9283 , 58302 ). Pelagic at 1-96 m (Ref. 58302 ). They are often seen in large daytime schools but solitary at night when feeding (Ref. 90102 ). During the day they are usually seen milling in stationary aggregations (Ref. 44894 ), forming slow-moving schools in the passes or outside the reef (Ref. 4795 ). Juveniles may be encountered in estuaries (Ref. 9283 , 44894 ), occasionally entering rivers and penetrating well inland (Ref. 2847 , 44894 ). Adults feed mainly on fishes, squids and crustaceans (Ref. 9283 , Ref. 90102 ). They are caught mainly on hook-and-line; also with gill nets, purse seines, and other artisanal gear (Ref. 9894 ). Marketed fresh, dried or salted (Ref. 9283 ) and frozen (Ref. 9987 ). Consumed broiled and baked (Ref. 9987 ).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley , 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 13 December 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 130160 )





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Fisheries: landings ; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 22.3 - 28.9, mean 27.3 °C (based on 2054 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01820 (0.01500 - 0.02207), b=2.95 (2.92 - 2.98), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.5   ±0.6 se; based on diet studies. Generation time: 4.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24). Prior r = 0.46, 95% CL = 0.30 - 0.68, Based on 1 stock assessment. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 15.5 [7.0, 30.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.33 [0.18, 0.64] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [18.1, 22.8] %; Omega3 = 0.14 [0.08, 0.23] g/100g; Selenium = 53.9 [26.8, 111.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 57.2 [17.0, 188.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.439 [0.317, 0.628] mg/100g (wet weight);

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