Bigeye Jack
Caranx sexfasciatus
Sighting evidence at La India Reef, Huatulco
Photo: Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC
Schools of hundreds of bigeye jacks orbit La India's pinnacle in tight, synchronized balls that compress and expand in response to predators below. These apex-adjacent predators feed on smaller schooling fish at dawn and dusk, making early-morning dives the most dramatic. Their affinity for structure makes La India one of the most reliably productive schooling-fish dives on Oaxaca's coast.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Bigeye Jack is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.