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Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Bigeye trevally
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Thailand country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Lang Suan (Chumphon), Lem Sing (Chanthaburi), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Ko Tao (Surat Thani), Phetchaburi, Klong Wan (Prachuap Khiri Khan) and Gulf of Thailand (Ref. 37773). Also Ref. 3280, 9987.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn and T. Songsirikul, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Caranx: French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous; depth range 0 - 146 m (Ref. 57178).   Tropical; 26°C - 29°C; 32°N - 36°S, 25°E - 77°W

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