giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis Description Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
Image ID: reef0735, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection
Location: Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Date September 2004
Source http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef0735.htm
Author Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caranx_ignobilis.jpg
The giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis (also known as the giant kingfish, lowly trevally, barrier trevally, ulua, or GT), is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The giant trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, with a range stretching from South Africa in the west to Hawaii in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south. Two were documented in the eastern tropical Pacific in the 2010s (one captured off Panama and another sighted at the Galápagos), but it remains to be seen if the species will become established there. Order: Perciformes, Suborder: Percoidei, Superfamily: Percoidea, Family: Carangidae.