Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Carangidae > Gnathanodon > Gnathanodon speciosus

Gnathanodon speciosus (yellow jack; Yellow ulua; Yellow jack fish; Trevally; King trevally; King fish; Horse mackerel; Golden trevally; Golden toothless trevally; Golden toothless trevalle; Golden kingfish; Golden jack; Golden horsmackerel; Golden fish; Golden trevally; Banded trevally; Jack; Banded horse mackerel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus (also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally and king trevally), is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the genus Gnathanodon. The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from South Africa in the west to Central America in the east, extending to Japan in the north and Australia in the south. The species predominantly occupies inshore waters where it inhabits both reef and sandy substrates. The golden trevally is easily distinguished from its relatives by its fleshy, rubbery lips and unique colouration, which ranges from bright yellow with black bars as a juvenile to a golden-si
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia
Ujung Kulon National Park II 313466 Java, Indonesia    

Prey / Diet

Encrasicholina punctifer (Oceanic anchovy)[1]
Penaeus semisulcatus (green tiger prawn)[2]
Spratelloides delicatulus (White bait)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Predators of Tuna Baitfish and the Effects of Baitfishing on the Subsistence Reef Fisheries of Fiji, S.J.M. Blaber, D.A. Milton, N.J.F. Rawlinson and A. Sesewa, Tuna Baitfish in Fiji and Solomon Islands: proceedings of a workshop, Suva, Fiji, 17-18 August 1993. ACIAR Proceedings No. 52. p. 51-61
♦ 2Diets of piscivorous fishes in a tropical Australian estuary, with special reference to predation on penaeid prawns, J. P. Salini, S. J. M. Blaber and D. T. Brewer, Marine Biology 105, 363-374 (1990)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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