Where does the Bluefin trevally live?

Caranx melampygus has 15,863 records in 62 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

15,863 records
62 places
113 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesCarangidaeCaranx

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	3,432
United States Minor Outlying Islands	1,889
Mayotte	1,883
Northern Mariana Islands	1,236
Australia	842
American Samoa	767
French Polynesia	522
Indonesia	438
Seychelles	369
Maldives	343
Micronesia	322
Colombia	287
Egypt	279
New Caledonia	222
Costa Rica	213
Japan	209
Mexico	183
Marshall Islands	166
Guam	164
Ecuador	148
Panama	148
Fiji	146
Philippines	146
South Africa	109
Palau	107
Kiribati	99
Papua New Guinea	97
Solomon Islands	88
Réunion	83
Cook Islands	74
Taiwan	68
Saudi Arabia	58
Tuvalu	52
Thailand	51
Malaysia	47
India	46
Tonga	46
Mauritius	45
Vanuatu	45
Niue	40

Showing the top 40 of 62 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Carangidae.

Chilean jack mackerel

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.