noun
bigeye trevally; bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack
A species of marine fish (Caranx sexfasciatus) found in tropical and subtropical waters. In Japanese, the name is almost always written in katakana as ギンガメアジ.
ギンガメアジは大きな群れを作って回遊する。
Bigeye trevally migrate in large schools.
沖縄ではギンガメアジを釣るのが人気だ。
Fishing for bigeye trevally is popular in Okinawa.
The name ギンガメアジ literally means 'silver paper horse mackerel', likely from the silvery sheen of the fish's body. The kanji forms are ateji and rarely used.