Scientific Name	Gnathanodon speciosus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	無齒鰺	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃鸝無齒鰺
Max Length	110 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	虎斑瓜、甘仔魚(臺東)、黃鯌(澎湖)、花燒鯌(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Caranx cives, Caranx edentulus, Caranx panamensis, Caranx speciosus, Gnathandon speciosus, Gnathanodon specious, Gnathodon speciosus, Gnathonodon speciosus, Scomber speciosus
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
Specimen List	ASIZP0055599. ASIZP0056687. ASIZP0056850. ASIZP0057533. ASIZP0058808. ASIZP0059529. FRIP03165. NMMBP04878. NMMBP04879. NMMSTP01026. NTMP0427. NTUM02199. NTUM06824.
Common Name	Trevally; Yellow jack fish; Yellow ulua; Golden trevally; King fish; Golden jack; Golden toothless trevally; Golden trevally; Golden horsmackerel; Golden kingfish; Golden fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VIII, I+19-20; A. II, I+16-17; P. i+19-20; G.R. 7-8+18-21; CLS. 62-73; SLS. 15-27 scales, 18-25 scutes; vertebrate 10+14. Adipose eyelid feebly developed. Maxilla extends to below anterior margin of eye. Teethless on jaws, vomer, palatines and tongue, only a few feeble teeth on low jaw in smaller specimen. Breast completely scaled. Finlets none. Juveniles and young adults silvery to yellow with 7 to 11 black bands, usually alternating broad and narrow; the first band oblique through eye, the second crossing back and opercle; upper margin of opercle black; all fins yellow, tips of caudal-fin lobes black; dark opercular spot also fades with age and body becomes yellow-green dorsally, pale yellow below.
habitats	Found inshore, including rocky reefs, deep lagoons, and seaward reefs. A bottom feeder that uses its highly protractile mouth to root the sand and small crevices for crustaceans, molluscs, and small fishes. Young display “piloting” habits with sharks and
Distribution	Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific. It is occasional in all Taiwanese watwrs but mainly in the southern part.
Utility	Marketed fresh and salted or dried. Juveniles are used in the aquarium trade.