Big-eye trevally
Caranx sexfasciatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Caranx
Where to Find
Found in 73 diving areas across 39 countries and 10 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 10 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 9 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 30 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 29 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 7 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 15 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 10 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 61 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 78 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 23 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 8 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 6 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 8 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 10 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 17 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 67 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 9 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 37 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 45 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 8 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 51 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 11 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 3 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 13 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 10 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 4 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 6 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 6 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 34 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 16 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 18 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 7 records