Pseudocaranx | |
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White Trevally (juveniles) (P. dentex) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Carangidae |
Subfamily: | Caranginae |
Genus: |
Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863 |
Type species | |
Scomber dentex Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
Pseudocaranx is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the family Carangidae, the jacks, trevallies, scads, and pompanos. They occur in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. [3]
Four recognized species are placed in this genus: [3]
Fishbase does not treat Pseudocaranx georgianus as a valid species, treating it as a junior synonym of P. dentex, but notes that many other authorities treat it as a valid species. [4] Catalog of Fishes and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treat it as a valid species. [5] [6]
Pseudocaranx | |
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White Trevally (juveniles) (P. dentex) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Carangidae |
Subfamily: | Caranginae |
Genus: |
Pseudocaranx Bleeker, 1863 |
Type species | |
Scomber dentex Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
[1]
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
Pseudocaranx is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the family Carangidae, the jacks, trevallies, scads, and pompanos. They occur in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. [3]
Four recognized species are placed in this genus: [3]
Fishbase does not treat Pseudocaranx georgianus as a valid species, treating it as a junior synonym of P. dentex, but notes that many other authorities treat it as a valid species. [4] Catalog of Fishes and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treat it as a valid species. [5] [6]