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.
Bigeye trevally migrate in large schools.
Fishing for bigeye trevally is popular in Okinawa.
Standard katakana spelling for this fish name; usually written in kana.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in practice.
Alternate ateji spelling; very uncommon.
Alternate ateji spelling; very uncommon.
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.