Bigeye Trevally.
(Caranx sexfasciatus).

Other Common Names:
Bigeye Kingfish.
Great Trevally.

Identification:
Upper body blue–green and lower body silver.
Blunt head and large eyes.
Slightly curved pectoral fins.
Keel at junction of body and tail.
V–shaped tail.

Typical Location:
Around reefs and rocky islands.
In passes or outside the reef during the daytime.

Fishing Methods:
Jigging at drift or anchor.
Casting poppers.
Bait fishing with live or dead crab, squid, shrimp or fish.

Fighting Characteristics:
A good fighter with several powerful runs and a lot of direction changes.

Fishing Khao Lak's Comment:
The kid brother of the Giant Trevally, also regarding its power.

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African Pompano | Amberjack | Barracouta | Barracuda | Barramundi | Bigeye Trevally
Black Marlin | Black–blotched Stingray | Blackspot Shark | Blacktip Reef Shark
Blue Marlin | Bluefin Trevally | Bluespotted Stingray | Bonefish | Bridled Parrotfish

Broadbill Swordfish | Bull Shark | Camouflage Grouper | Checkered Seaperch
Cobia | Copper Shark | Coral Trout | Coronation Trout | Daisy Parrotfish
Dogtooth Tuna | Dorado | Dusky Parrotfish | Ember Parrotfish

Giant Trevally | Golden Trevally | Green Jobfish | Grey Mullet | Grey Reef Shark
Hammerhead Shark | Honeycomb Grouper | John's Snapper | Kawa Kawa Tuna
Leopard Shark | Long–Finned Bigeye | Longnose Emperor | Longtail Tuna

Longtom | Mako Shark | Malabar Grouper | Mangrove Jack | Maori Seaperch
Narrow–barred Spanish Mackerel | Peacock Rockcod | Permit | Queenfish
Rainbow Runner | Red Snapper | Reticulated Swellshark | Rosy Snapper

Ruby Snapper | Sailfish | Silvertip Shark | Skipjack Tuna | Smalltooth Emperor
Smalltooth Jobfish | Spangled Emperor | Sweetlip Emperor | Tarpon | Threadfin Salmon
Tiger Shark | Tripletail | Tripletail Wrasse | Wahoo | Yellowfin Tuna

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