Reef Fish

Gold-Spotted Trevally

trevally-gold-spottedScientific Name: Carangoides fulvoguttatus
Family: Jacks – Carangidae
Maximum Size: 130cm
Identification: Silvery with many small golden or brassy spots; often 5 faint darkish bars on side; large adults have 3 or 4 dark blotches along middle of side.
Favourite: Solitary or form schools.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific – Red Sea and E. Africa to N. Australia, north S.W. Japan.

15 April 2009 - Posted by | Trevally |

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