DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

CARANGIDAE (JACKS)

Carangoides orthogrammus (Jordan & Gilbert)
(Yellow-spotted Trevally; Tarakito)
FL: to 44 cm (photo: 20 cm FL, Kosrae, 4 m)

This relatively small jack inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs from depths of 3 to over 50 m.  It occurs in pairs or in schools of up to a few dozen individuals, and it frequents sandy channels where it may be observed “rooting” in the sand for small sand-dwelling fishes and crustaceans.  It is a good foodfish usually taken by bottom fishing near shallow reefs.

INDO-PAN-PACIFIC: W. Indian Ocean to Mexico, n. to s. Japan and Hawaii, s. to Lord Howe and French Polynesia.