Caranx lugubris

The black jack is a circumtropical species, common in the South Atlantic. It can exceed ten kilos and is often in imposing schools, often in symbiosis with bigeye trevally, caranx sexfasciatus.

It can reach ten kilos and like other trevallies it is a vigorous fish and hard to kill. Its color patterns go from dark green hemmed in black, to entirely black. The big eye trevally can sometimes also be completely black but its shape is different, caranx lugubris being much more stocky.

In Indonesia, however, it is infrequent.

It is usually caught through bomb diving, and it’s a relatively easy catch.

Unfortunately, its flesh is not very tasty and I will not recommend it.