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Gold-spotted Trevally

Turrum fulvoguttatum

Also known as: Dark Gold-spotted Trevally, Embury's Turrum, Scad, Trevally, Turrum, Yellow-dotted Trevally, Yellow-dotted Turrum, Yellow-spotted Kingfish, Yellow-spotted Trevally, Carangoides fulvoguttatus

Adult
@Descent · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · March 20191 / 8
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Overview

Found singly or in small to large schools over off-shore banks and coral and rocky reefs.

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

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
  • Country only · 6
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Found singly or in small to large schools over off-shore banks and coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCarangidae
    6. genusTurrum
    7. speciesTurrum fulvoguttatum (Forsskål, 1775)

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