lautnusantara.com - Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is a predatory fish that can be found throughout Indo-Pacific regions. This fish has six types of fins on its body, there are a soft dorsal fin, a spiny dorsal fin, a caudal fin, an anal fin, two pelvic and two pectoral fins. Their fins usually will has a grey or darker color but sometimes fish from murky water will have yellow fins with the anal fin is the brightest. 

These are some interesting facts that you can read about The Giant Trevally:

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1.    Giant trevally is often called as GT by the anglers
2.    Giant trevally can swim with the speed up to 60 km per hour
3.    The females have a silvery grey color, while the males will seen to be more darker in color
4.    When they are threatened or stress, they will lose their dark coloration and become more silvery grey
5.    Some trevally has ciguatoxin so you have to be careful when you cook their flesh
6.    The largest size that has been documented is 1.7 m in length and 81 kg in weight
7.    Giant trevally often follows monk seals and sharks when hunting, because they will aiming for the “forgotten” prey
8.    This fish is so aggressive and tough to catch, when in curiosity their instinct is to bite
9.    This large fish is capable to jump out of the water and use this ability to catch marine bird on the nearest surface

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The giant trevally is an carnivorous fish and is one of the apex predator on its habitat. They will go hunt individually or in schools. The main diet of giant trevally is various kind of fish, but they often including crustacean, cephalopods and molluscs into their menus. This predatory fish also has important roles as a commercial catch fish and also as a popular sportfish.