| Common name | Carangue à grosse tête |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | French Polynesia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Bagnis, R., P. Mazellier, J. Bennett and E. Christian, 1984 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Carangue' from Spanish 'caranga' borrowed from an indigenous American language (p. 135 in Ref. 9404); 'à grosse tête', i.e., big head; 'tête', from Latin 'testa', i.e., terra cota vase, skull, head (p. 743 in Ref. 9404). |