Golden Trevally

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Golden Trevally
Species:	Gnathanodon speciosus
Category:	Large Marine Life
Length:	1.2m (3ft 11in)
Appearance:	A large, yellow fish with vertical black-brown stripes
Location: (EO)	Wild Channel
Location: (EO2)	Gatama Atoll
Time:	Day and night
Dangerous:
Forms:	Adult only

The golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) is a large species of fish named for its striking coloration. It appears in both Endless Ocean and Endless Ocean 2.

Adults tend to be less vibrantly colored than juveniles. Both young and adult golden trevallies are often seen following larger fish around; juveniles are more likely to exhibit this behavior.

In-Game

Marine Encyclopedia

Endless Ocean

Description

"Golden trevally have narrow, spindle-shaped bodies with two-pronged tail fins. Yellow in color with faded black stripes, they can be seen year-round in Wild Channel and similar areas.

Despite the name, only the fry are actually gold. They have bright golden bodies with a black stripe that runs along the side. As they age, this color changes from gold to silver.

When young, these fish often drift with sharks and other large fish. The reason they are not eaten is that the fry are so small, they are not considered prey."

Endless Ocean 2

Description

"Easily recognized by its dazzling gold coloring, adults are over 1m in length but their tiny young are easy prey for other fish. The young protect themselves by staying close to larger creatures, such as sharks, who find them too small to eat.

They do sometimes get eaten by the larger fish, so they're never completely safe."

Location

Endless Ocean

Golden trevally can be found in many places across Manoa Lai; for example, there is one in Wild Channel. There is also one that appears in the Great Column room of the Great Aqua Cave.

Endless Ocean 2

Golden trevally can be seen in Gatama Atoll and the Zahhab Region. In Gatama Atoll, they are most common in the Private Reef Entrance. Their presence here, alongside a sizable population of yellow tangs, earns the area its colloquial name of the "yellow zone", according to the Entrance's in-game description.

In the Zahhab Region, they can be found in the north, swimming with the whale shark that circles the area around Mushroom Rock alongside pilotfish and remoras.

A lone golden trevally can be drawn into the Private Reef if at least three Small Anchors or Flasks have been placed.

Behavior

These fish do not school and usually keep to themselves; however, as previously noted, the trevally in the Zahhab Region appear amongst the other fish that follow the whale shark. They tend to react positively to food, like most coral reef fish.

Gallery

The golden trevally as it appears in the first Endless Ocean game.

Notes

Real-Life Information

• A small group of young golden trevally.
• An adult golden trevally. Note the predominant silver hue.

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• The in-game description from the first Endless Ocean game is mostly accurate - mature fish are not the same vibrant gold that young or near-adult fish are. However, the gold does not fade entirely, and can still be observed on the head and fins of adults.
• Both in-game descriptions make note of the habit that young fish make of hanging out around bigger fish for protection; this much is true. However, older fish still engage in this behavior, though they will also form independent schools.
  • This makes the behavior of the golden trevally in the Zahhab Region - schooling around the whale shark that lives there - accurate.
• Fish still with their juvenile coloration intact are not uncommon in the aquarium trade. Adult fish are used for food, though they are not at risk of being overfished.
• Other common names for G. speciosus include king trevally, golden kingfish, and banded trevally. It is also sometimes called the yellow jack or golden jack, and in Spanish it is called either mojarra dorada or jurel dorado.
• The golden trevally is the only member of its genus, Gnathanodon. This means that the genus is monotypic - it only has one taxonomical group under it. It is in the family Carangidae, which is also home to jacks like the Japanese jack mackerel, Trachurus japonicus.

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