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Carangidae
gwelly
Pseudocaranx dentex
Dark gill spot and yellow fins
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
LargeThe 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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Pseudocaranx
- Maximum length
- 122 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean, Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena Island. Indo-Pacific: South Africa, Japan, Hawaii (Ref. 26145 ), Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, New Zealand. Reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 9070 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
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