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At sizes less than 50 cm, the giant trevally is a silvery-grey fish, with the head and upper body slightly darker in both sexes. [17] Fish greater than 50 cm show sexual dimorphism in their colouration, with males having dusky to jet-black bodies, while females are a much lighter coloured silvery-grey. [17]
Found in the open sea, sandy lagoons and rocky areas. Like other carangues, it can be caught by trailing an empty hook (which the fish mistakes for a small moving sea creature!) Piscivorous 50 cm. Commercial fish Giant trevally (Carangue grande face) Flattened body, with a somewhat bulging head. Dark yellow to silver above, silvery below.
Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community. So, the marine fish fauna gives a greater commercial value to the country's economy, as well as well being of the coastal people. [2] Marine fish are strictly different from freshwater counterparts due to high salinity of sea water, which they live.
The yellowspotted trevally is a large fish, growing to at least 1.2 m in length and reaching a recorded maximum weight of 18 kg. [5] Its body shape is like the jacks of the genus Caranx, being more elongated and subcylindrical than most of the other species of Carangoides. [6]
A man-eating animal or man-eater is an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior. This does not include the scavenging of corpses, a single attack born of opportunity or desperate hunger, or the incidental eating of a human that the animal has killed in self-defense.
The bigeye trevally is commonly found in large slow moving schools during the day, becoming active at night when it feeds, taking a variety of fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and other invertebrates. The fish is known to move from a more crustacean dominated diet as a juvenile to a nearly completely fish dominated diet as an adult.
Caranx is a genus of tropical to subtropical marine fishes in the jack family Carangidae, commonly known as jacks, trevallies and kingfishes.They are moderate- to large-sized, deep-bodied fishes which are distinguished from other carangid genera by specific gill raker, fin ray and dentition characteristics.
Golden trevally are considered one of the best members of the trevally family for eating, with bleeding recommended. [36] The fish has slightly translucent, dark-pink flesh while fresh, becoming white and juicy during cooking, although has a tendency to become dry, flaky, and fibrous. A rich, tangy fish flavour is noted. [39]