Description
Also known as Amberjack, Cilliated Threadfish, Cobblerfish, Cuban Jack, Diamond Trevally, Fiddler, Gamefish, Hairfish, Indian Threadfin Trevally, Pennantfish, Pennant Trevally, Round-headed Pennentfish, Scad, Shoemaker, Silver Mirrorfish, Sunfish, Thread Pompano, Threadfin, Threadfin Jackfish, Threadfin Mirrorfish, Threadfin Pompano, Threadfin Trevally, Thread-finned Trevally, Threadfish, Trevally.
Found singly, close to the bottom, over shallow parts of oceanic waters.
They feed on crustaceans and fish.
Juveniles diamond shaped, with long trailing filaments, shrinking and then disappearing with age, found close to shores.
Length - 130cm
Depth - 5-100m
Widespread Circumtropical
This juvenile is thought to mimic venomous jellyfish with it's long filaments.
Jacks are fast swimming fish that can roam over great distances. The larger fish hunt other fish and the smaller fish eat zooplankton. In turn they are hunted by large Tuna and Dolphins. (edit)
Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/988
4 comments
Juveniles Sited at Mahu Kona and Hapuna Beach Big Island Hawaii
Wife caught hers today. Juvenile northern banks of Canaveral seashore Florida. Specifically area 3.
Hi, There was another spotting here in Sydney NSW Australia. I posted in www.projectnoah.org under 'unknown spotting' by ChicquitaRajawali. nigel.brennan ID my fish and gave me this link. Thankyou.
We just took picture of this fish inside shark river basin over the weekend, what a beauty fish, hope it makes with all the snapper bluefish in the water, may have been an aquarium fish dumped in the river, or misplaced