#2300 · 🐟 fish
Bluefin Trevally
Caranx melampygus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Programa Marino del Golfo de California · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Graham McMartin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © 808_Diver · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The bluefin trevally , Caranx melampygus (also known as the bluefin jack , bluefin kingfish , bluefinned crevalle , blue ulua , omilu and spotted trevally ), is a species of large, widely distributed marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The bluefin trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from Eastern Africa in the west to Central America in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south. The species...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,318 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1833 (193 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bluefin Trevally
- scientific name
- Caranx melampygus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Carangiformes
- family
- Carangidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,318
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1833 by Georges Cuvier
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Carangidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 123690, Wikidata Q2282919, GBIF 2390750, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.