Skipjack trevally (Pseudocaranx wrighti)

Scientific name: Pseudocaranx wrighti Whitley, 1931

Skipjack trevally (Pseudocaranx wrighti)

The Skipjack trevally (Pseudocaranx wrighti) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22-26; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 22; Vertebrae: 24. Have a maxilla with the rear edge sloping rearwards to its main axis, a small, well defined dark blotch on the operculum, and a lateral line with 37-48 scales in the curved portion and 24-35 posterior scutes.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pseudocaranx wrighti
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 30 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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