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Caranx stellatus, Print, The bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus (also known as the bluefin jack, bluefin kingfish, bluefinned crevalle, blue ulua, omilu and spotted trevally), is a species of large, widely distributed marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The bluefin trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from Eastern Africa in the west to Central America in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south. The species grows to a maximum known length of 117 cm and a weight of 43.5 kg, however is rare above 80 cm. Bluefin trevally are easily recognised by their electric blue fins, tapered snout and numerous blue and black spots on their sides. Juveniles lack these obvious colours, and must be identified by more detailed anatomical features such as fin ray and scute counts. The bluefin trevally inhabits both inshore environments such as bays, lagoons and shallow reefs, as well as deeper offshore reefs, atolls and bomboras. Juveniles prefer shallower, protected waters, even entering estuaries for short periods in some locations., 1700-1880.

Caranx stellatus, Print, The bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus (also known as the bluefin jack, bluefin kingfish, bluefinned crevalle, blue ulua, omilu and spotted trevally), is a species of large, widely distributed marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The bluefin trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from Eastern Africa in the west to Central America in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south. The species grows to a maximum known length of 117 cm and a weight of 43.5 kg, however is rare above 80 cm. Bluefin trevally are easily recognised by their electric blue fins, tapered snout and numerous blue and black spots on their sides. Juveniles lack these obvious colours, and must be identified by more detailed anatomical features such as fin ray and scute counts. The bluefin trevally inhabits both inshore environments such as bays, lagoons and shallow reefs, as well as deeper offshore reefs, atolls and bomboras. Juveniles prefer shallower, protected waters, even entering estuaries for short periods in some locations., 1700-1880.
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Caranx stellatus, Print, The bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus (also known as the bluefin jack, bluefin kingfish, bluefinned crevalle, blue ulua, omilu and spotted trevally), is a species of large, widely distributed marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The bluefin trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from Eastern Africa in the west to Central America in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south. The species grows to a maximum known length of 117 cm and a weight of 43.5 kg, however is rare above 80 cm. Bluefin trevally are easily recognised by their electric blue fins, tapered snout and numerous blue and black spots on their sides. Juveniles lack these obvious colours, and must be identified by more detailed anatomical features such as fin ray and scute counts. The bluefin trevally inhabits both inshore environments such as bays, lagoons and shallow reefs, as well as deeper offshore reefs, atolls and bomboras. Juveniles prefer shallower, protected waters, even entering estuaries for short periods in some locations., 1700-1880
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117 CM • 1700-1880 • 43.5 KG • 80 CM • ATOLLS • AUSTRALIA • BAYS • BLACK SPOTS • BLUE ULUA • BLUEFIN JACK • BLUEFIN KINGFISH • BLUEFIN TREVALLY INHABITS • BLUEFIN TREVALLY • BLUEFINNED CREVALLE • BOMBORAS • CARANGIDAE • CARANX MELAMPYGUS • CARANX STELLATUS • CENTRAL AMERICA • DEEPER OFFSHORE REEFS • DETAILED ANATOMICAL FEATURES • DISTRIBUTED • EASILY RECOGNISED • EAST • EASTERN AFRICA • ELECTRIC BLUE FINS • EVEN ENTERING ESTUARIES • FIN RAY • IDENTIFIED • INDIAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • INSHORE ENVIRONMENTS • JACK FAMILY • JAPAN • JAPANESE • JUVENILES LACK • JUVENILES PREFER SHALLOWER • LAGOON • LAGUNA • LARGE • LENGTH • LOCATIONS • MAXIMUM • MUST • NORDEN • NORTH • NUMEROUS BLUE • OBVIOUS COLOURS • OMILU • ORIENT • PACIFIC OCEANS • PRINT • PROTECTED WATERS • RARE • SCUTE COUNTS • SHALLOW REEFS • SHORT PERIODS • SIDES • SOUTH • SPECIES GROWS • SPECIES • SPOTTED TREVALLY • TAPERED SNOUT • TROPICAL WATERS • WEIGHT • WELL • WEST • WIDELY DISTRIBUTED MARINE FISH