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Pseudocaranx dentex White Trevally, Gwelly, Guelly Jack

Pseudocaranx dentex is commonly referred to as White Trevally, Gwelly, Guelly Jack. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
3822 
AphiaID:
126812 
Scientific:
Pseudocaranx dentex 
German:
Gelbflossen-Stachelmakrele 
English:
White Trevally, Gwelly, Guelly Jack 
Category:
Jacks and Pompanos 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Carangiformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Pseudocaranx (Genus) > dentex (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 
Occurrence:
Azores, Bermuda, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Greece, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
10 - 238 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
15.75" - 48.03" (40cm - 122cm) 
Weight:
18.1 kg 
Temperature:
15,3 °F - 25,9 °F (15,3°C - 25,9°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes) 
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-08-16 15:09:01 

Info

Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Occur in bays and coastal waters, including estuaries. Juveniles usually inhabit estuaries, bays and shallow continental shelf waters, while adults form schools near the sea bed on the continental shelf

Synonymised names
Carangus cheilio Snyder, 1904 · unaccepted
Caranx adscensionis (Osbeck, 1771) · unaccepted
Caranx analis Cuvier, 1833 · unaccepted
Caranx cestus Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Caranx cheilio (Snyder, 1904) · unaccepted
Caranx delicatissimus Döderlein, 1884 · unaccepted
Caranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Caranx georgianus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Caranx luna Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 · unaccepted
Caranx lutescens (Richardson & Solander, 1843) · unaccepted
Caranx natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911 · unaccepted
Caranx nobilis MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
Caranx platessa Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Caranx solea Cuvier, 1833 · unaccepted
Citula banksii Risso, 1820 · unaccepted
Longirostrum delicatissimus (Döderlein, 1884) · unaccepted
Longirostrum platessa (Cuvier, 1833) · unaccepted
Psendocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pseudocaranx cheilio (Snyder, 1904) · unaccepted
Pseudocaranx georgianus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted
Scomber dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Scomber lutescens Solander, 1843 · unaccepted
Scomber micans Solander, 1843 · unaccepted
Scomber platinoides Solander, 1843 · unaccepted
Trachurus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Usacaranx archeyi Griffin, 1932 · unaccepted
Usacaranx georgianus (Cuvier, 1833) · unaccepted
Usacaranx lutescens (Solander, 1843) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Usacaranx nobilis (MacLeay, 1881) · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Fish swarm

Foto: Solitary Islands, New South Wales, West-Australien
Foto: Fairy Bower, Sydney, New South Wales, Australien

Commonly

© Dr. Peter Wirtz
2
A Silver Trevally, Pseudocaranx georgianus, at Clifton Gardens, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. Source: John Turnbull / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
1
copyright Prof. Dr. Robert A. Patzner
1
Shelly Beach, Manly, New South Wales, Australien

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