Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Carangidae > Carangoides > Carangoides fulvoguttatusCarangoides fulvoguttatus (Yellow-spotted trevally; Yellowspotted trevally; Yellow-dotted trevally; Yellow spotted trevally; Turrum; Gold-spotted trevally; Gold-spotted trevally; Gold spotted trevally; Embury's turrum; Albacore; Jack; Scad; Trevally; Dark gold-spotted trevally)Synonyms: Carangoides emburyi; Carangoides fulvogutatus; Caranx bleekeri; Caranx emburyi; Caranx fulvoguttatus; Caranx gaess; Ferdauia claeszooni; Scomber fulvoguttatus; Turrum emburyi Language: Afrikaans; Agutaynen; Arabic; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Creole, French; Danish; Davawenyo; French; Gela; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Italian; Japanese; Komoro; Kumak; Kuyunon; Magindanaon; Malagasy; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Marshallese; Misima-Paneati; Numee; Palauan; Portuguese; Sinhalese; Somali; Spanish; Surigaonon; Swahili; Swedish; Tagalog; Vietnamese; Visayan; Waray-waray The yellowspotted trevally, yellowspotted kingfish, goldspotted trevally, or tarrum, Carangoides fulvoguttatus, is a widespread species of large inshore marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. The yellowspotted trevally inhabits the tropical and subtropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific region, from South Africa in the west to Japan and Australia in the east. The species is known to grow to a maximum length of at least 1.2 m, and is distinguished by gill raker and fin morphology, as well as the distinctive golden spots which give the fish its name. The yellowspotted trevally generally prefers inshore rocky and coral reefs, but is occasionally found over deep offshore sand banks to a depth of 100 m. It is a predatory fish, taking fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans, and shows diet pa |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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