Description

Also known as Gold-banded Scad, Horse Mackerel, Scad, Slender Trevally, Slender-scaled Trevally, Smooth-tail Trevally, Smooth-tailed Trevally, Thin-scaled Trevally, Trevally, Yellow-stripe Crevalle, Yellow-stripe Trevally.

Found in large schools, over soft bottoms, of shallow, inshore waters, of the continental shelf, also sometimes in freshwater tidal zones.
They feed nocturnally on benthic crustaceans and molluscs.
Length - 22cm
Depth - 1-70m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

Often used as bait to catch other fish!

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. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/388