Scientific Name	Caranx ignobilis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	2 - 80M
Chinese	浪人鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	珍鰺
Max Length	170 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	牛港鰺、牛港瓜仔、牛公瓜仔、流氓瓜仔、牛港過(臺東)、白鯌仔(澎湖)、瓜仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Carangus hippoides, Caranx carangus, Caranx ekala, Caranx ignoblis, Caranx lessonii, Caranx sansun, Scomber ignobilis, Scomber sansum, Scomber sansun
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999 Leis, J.M., A.C. Hay, D.L. Clark, I.S. Chen, K.T. Shao 2006
Specimen List	ASIZP0056702. ASIZP0056705. ASIZP0056851. ASIZP0057613. ASIZP0059527. ASIZP0060711. ASIZP0064667. ASIZP0064685. ASIZP0064773. ASIZP0064795. ASIZP0064802. ASIZP0064804. ASIZP0064845. ASIZP0074356. ASIZP0700248. ASIZP0800309. ASIZP0800313. ASIZP0800316. ASIZP0800334. ASIZP0800336. ASIZP0800469. ASIZP0800477. ASIZP0802417. ASIZP0802591. ASIZP0910469. ASIZP0910477. ASIZP0912417. ASIZP0916909. FRIP00171. FRIP00175. FRIP20113. FRIP20164. FRIP20527. FRIP21189. FRIP21302. FRIP21304. FRIP21449. ...List all 60 records...
Barcode	2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	White ulua; Yellowfin jack; Yellow-fin trevally; Trevally; Big-headed jack; Black ulua; Giant trevally; Goyan fish; Giant kingfish; Jack; Lowly trevally; Forsskål's Indo-Pacific jack fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VIII, I+19-20; A. II, I+15-16; P. i+19-20; G.R. 5-6+16-17; CLS. 58-64; SLS. 0-3 scales, 30-35 scutes; vertebrate 10+14. Breast ventrally naked with a small patch of minute scales. The anterior lateral line strongly curved, becoming straight below the 6-7th ray of the second dorsal fin. Adults with head and body silvery grey to black above, usually paler below; fins usually uniformly grey to black, except leading edge and tips of dorsal- and anal-fin lobes paler; no dark spot on upper margin of opercle; mature males usually darker than females, sometimes head and fins completely black; juveniles and young adults generally with more silvery bodies and paler fins, fish from turbid coastal waters often with yellow fins, the anal fin usually brightest.
habitats	Adults occur singly and inhabit clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles found in estuaries. Feed on crustaceans and fishes at night. Large individuals may be ciguatoxic. Spawn on shallow seaward reefs and offshore banks.
Distribution	Broadly distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific. It is frequently found in all Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Sold mostly fresh and dried salted.