lauttimur.com - The giant trevally is a large marine fish that is a member of jack family or Caranidae and is the largest trevally fish. They are known to a strong fish and is tough to catch, that’s why this fish is popular among recreational fishers. The giant trevally spend most of their live as a solitary fish and only come contact with other trevallies when it’s time to mating. 

Giant trevally is distributed through all the tropical waters, from South Africa in the west to the Hawaii in the east and including Japan in the north towards the Australia in the south. The giant trevally can be easily distinguished by their steep head and strong tail. The body of the fish is normally has silvery color with occasional dark spots, but the male giant trevally can sometimes have a darker color when they reach maturity. This fish is the largest fish of the Caranx genus, with the maximum size known is 170 in length and 80 kg in weight. Giant trevally can live in a wide range of marine environment, you can find them from the estuaries, shallow bay, lagoon and to a deeper reef. Their juvenile is known to live in waters with low salinity.

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

1.    Giant trevally is often called as GT by the anglers
2.    This fish has the average length about 85 cm
3.    Giant trevally can swim with the speed up to 60 km per hour
4.    The females have a silvery grey color, while the males will seen to be more darker in color
5.    When they are threatened or stress, they will lose their dark coloration and become more silvery grey
6.    Some trevally has ciguatoxin so you have to be careful when you choose the fish
7.    The largest size that has been documented is 1.7 m in length and 81 kg in weight
8.    Giant trevally often follows monk seals and sharks when hunting, because they will aiming for the “forgotten” prey
9.    This fish is so aggressive that they often ram sharks with their head causing the fatal injuries even killing them
10.   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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