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- EnglishName: Island trevally
- Local Name : Thumba handhi
- Size : Common to 40 cm; max. 70 cm
- Family: Order : Specimen :
- Distinctive Characters: First dorsal fin with 8 spines, second dorsal fin with 1 spine and 28-31 rays. Anal fin with 2 detached spines, followed by 1 spine and 24-26 rays. Gill rakers on first gill arch including the rudiments, 28-32. Snout usually slightly angular. Lips in adults fleshy and pappilose. Breast naked ventrally to origin of pelvic fins, occasionally with a small patch of pelvic scales.
Colour: Rather dark silver-grey, tending to greenish above. Darkish yellow spots on sides, mostly below lateral line. Fine white margin to anal fin. - Habitat and Biology: Inhabits lagoons and seaward reefs to depths exceeding 50 m. Occurs singly, in pairs, or in schools. Feeds primarily on sand dwelling crustaceans, worms and small fishes.
- Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific.
- Remarks: Carangoides orthogrammus has a nearly ubiquitous occurrence at oceanic islands and is virtually absent from inshore, neritic areas.