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Caranx sexfasciatus
Also known as the bigeye jack, great trevally, six-banded trevally and dusky jack, is a species of widespread large marine fish classified in the jack family Carangidae. The bigeye trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
It is predominantly an inshore fish, inhabiting reefs down to depths of around 100 m in both coastal zones and offshore islands, often venturing into estuaries and sandy bays as juveniles. The bigeye trevally is commonly found in large slow moving schools during the day, becoming active at night when it feeds, taking a variety of fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and other invertebrates.
The audio clearly records some humpback whales who were less than a kilometer away.
Spotted on Sep 24, 2013
Submitted on Oct 24, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks surekha. I've been in schools before, but never one this big. They really didn't care that I was there. I'd had three dolphins swim by me maybe twenty minutes earlier, and I suspect I seemed very innocuous by comparison.
Very nice!