Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Carangidae > Pseudocaranx > Pseudocaranx dentex

Pseudocaranx dentex (underjaw kingfish; White trevally; White kingfish; Trevally; Toothed trevally; Thicklipped jack; Skippy; Skipjack trevally; Silver trevally; Silver travally; Silver fish; Silver bream; Ranger; Pig ulua; Longsnout trevally; Jackfish; Jack; Guelly Jack; Crevalley; Cavalley; Bruised-face trevally; Blurter; Blue trevally; Araara; Toothed crevally)

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Wikipedia Abstract

White trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, (also known as striped jack) is a jack of the family Carangidae widespread in tropical and warm temperate areas between 40°N and 47°S, in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has a deep body, and a greenish colour with metallic overtones and a dark spot above the gills. The fins are yellow. Trevally are strong fighters and the flesh is good to eat if a little dry. It is often used as cut baits. Maximum size is about 120 cm.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  21.947 lbs (9.955 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  49 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

Prey / Diet

Centropages aucklandicus[3]
Temora turbinata[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Arctocephalus philippii (Juan Fernández Fur Seal)[4]
Kajikia audax (Stripey)[4]

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3B. C. Russell (1983): The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north‐eastern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 17:2, 121-145
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0