Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gnathanodon speciosus

Golden jack

WoRMS 218429ITIS 168753GBIF 2391331key worms:218429

2026-08-05: itis_id 168753 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lilychughes · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Seriola rivoliana

Golden jack1.2 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Gnathanodon speciosus — Photo · Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The golden trevally, also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally or king trevally, is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the monospecific genus Gnathanodon.W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1999 and 1999, as larva.R

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observations: 1
records: 1
sampling events: 1999
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 1 obs · 1 events · 1999 · larva
name used: Gnathanodon speciosus Golden jack · code 491

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:218429%22

Gnathanodon speciosus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.