hunchback trevally
Platycaranx malabaricus
- Usual depth20–142 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, August, and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The Malabar trevally, also known as the Malabar jack, Malabar kingfish or nakedshield kingfish, is a species of large inshore marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. It is distributed throughout the Indian and west Pacific Oceans from South Africa in the west to Japan and Australia in the east, inhabiting reefs and sandy bays on the continental shelf. The Malabar trevally is similar to many of the other species in the genus Carangoides, with the number of gill rakers and the grey-brown colour of the tongue being the diagnostic features. The Malabar trevally is a predator, taking a variety of small fish, cephalopods and crustaceans. The species is of minor economic importance throughout its range, caught by a variety of net and handline methods.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Malabar trevally”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 18 records
- February: 31 records
- March: 29 records
- April: 108 records
- May: 49 records
- June: 160 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 176 records
- September: 40 records
- October: 233 records
- November: 113 records
- December: 71 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20–142 m · Deepest record: 143 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- hunchback trevally, Malabar trevally, White-spot Trevally
Names in 4 more languages
- Filipino
- Talakitok
- Japanese
- Taiwan-yoroiaji, タイワンヨロイアジ
- Thai
- ปลากะมงปากบาง
- Simplified Chinese
- 馬拉巴若鰺
Other scientific names: Carangoides malabaricus, Carangoides rectipinnus, Carangoides rhomboides, Caranx malabaricus, Scomber malabaricus
Similar species
- Club-nosed Trevally
Platycaranx chrysophrys
Giant trevallyCaranx ignobilis
Bluefin trevallyCaranx melampygus
Bigeye trevallyCaranx sexfasciatus
Mackerel scadDecapterus macarellus
Indian scadDecapterus russelli
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,119 open-data records from 1801 to 2018.
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