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Giant Trevally

යෝධ පරවා பெரும்பாரை

Caranx ignobilis

Least concern

Giant Trevally
Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR · Public domain

Overview

The giant trevally, also known as the lowly trevally, barrier trevally, giant kingfish, or ulua, 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 to Hawaii, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN): Giant trevally — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): பெரும்பாரை — CC BY-SA 4.0