Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Bluefin Trevally
Caranx melampygus
Bluefin Trevally
Category: Jacks
Scientific Name: Caranx melampygus
Size: 1.5 to 3.5 ft. (45 to 100 cm)  
Depth: 10-300 ft. (3-90 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, French Polynesia, Australia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Carangiformes (Order)
     └Carangidae (Family) Jacks
      └Caranx (Genus)
       └C. melampygus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218419🔗
iNaturalist ID: 123690🔗

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