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Giant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Valid name.
- English
- Giant trevally
- Scientific
- Caranx ignobilis
- Dhivehi
- މުޑަ ހަނދިMuda handhi
- Group
- Jacks and trevallies
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.7 m and 80 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Reef slopes, channels and lagoons, 0 to about 190 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
The largest trevally: a silvery-grey, deep-bodied fish with a steep, rounded head profile. Large adults are often dark grey and hunt alone or in pairs, while younger fish form schools. It is a powerful predator of fish, crustaceans and cephalopods, sometimes ambushing prey on reef edges at dusk. In some places it has been filmed catching seabirds at the surface.
In the Maldives
Common around Maldivian channels and reef passes; a prized game fish and often seen by divers patrolling channel mouths.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Caranx-ignobilis.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/މުޑަ_ހަނދި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Caranx_ignobilis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives, Marine Research Section, Malé (FAO/BOBP MAG/21); Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition).