WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Brassy Trevally

Caranx papuensis

Also known as: Brassy Kingfish, Greenback Trevally, Papuan Trevally, Tealeaf Trevally, Trevally

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · November 20151 / 4

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Overview

Found singly or in schools, swimming high in the water column, over lagoons and seaward reefs, sometimes entering rivers.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 3
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Found singly or in schools, swimming high in the water column, over lagoons and seaward reefs, sometimes entering rivers.

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Adult photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCarangidae
    6. genusCaranx
    7. speciesCaranx papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877

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    More in the family

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