Bumpnose Kingfish

The bumpnose kingfish (or bumpnose trevally) is one of the smaller members of the Carangoides trevally group, recognised by its short blunt snout and steep forehead profile that gives the fish its name. The body is silvery with a slightly deeper, more compressed shape than most kingfish, and larger fish show a golden or dusky sheen.

These fast, active predators hunt small fish and crustaceans over reef edges and sandy margins along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, sometimes in small schools. Spearos and anglers encounter them around inshore reefs and estuary mouths, where they behave like typical trevally, patrolling in mid-water and darting after prey.