The golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus), also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally or king trevally, is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the monospecific genus Gnathanodon.

The golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus), also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally or king trevally, is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the monospecific genus Gnathanodon. The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and ...

Golden Trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus. Fish caught from coastal waters off Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Baja California Sur, December 2017. Length: 81 cm (2 feet 8 inches).

Adults occur in deep lagoon and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and fossorial invertebrates in the sand but they also feed on small fishes (Ref. 9710, 90102). Small juveniles live among the tentacles of jellyfish (Ref. 9710).

The golden trevally is, as a juvenile, a bright yellow to silver coloration with vertical black bars and dark yellow fins – it fades to a lighter silver color as an adult, with much fainter or no bars. Size 3.6 feet (1.1 m) Diet Small fish and invertebrates; Range Indo-Pacific and in the Eastern Pacific; Habitat Deep lagoons and seaward reefs

The golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus), also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally or king trevally, is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the monospecific genus Gnathanodon. The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and ...

2016年4月7日 · The golden trevally is found across the Indo-Pacific area, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and southeastern Oceania, north to Japan and south to Australia. The fish inhabits areas with sand or rubble adjacent to coral reefs at depths from 1 to 100 meters, but can mostly be found between 5 to 30 meters.

Ecology: Golden trevally is a bottom feeder that uses its highly protractile mouth to root for crustaceans, molluscs, and small fishes on the sea floor (Randall et al. 1997, Allen and Robertson 1994). The species inhabits deep lagoons and seaward reefs from 1 …

Gnathanodon speciosus is a ray-finned fish from the Jacks and Pompanos family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1775 by Forsskål. It is truly a beautiful bright yellow or gold-colored fish with a narrow black stripe through the eye and 7 to 12 vertical black bands across the body of varying widths.

The golden trevally is a species of large marine ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the only member of the eponymous genus Gnathanodon.