White trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex)

Scientific name: Pseudocaranx dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801

White trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex)

The White trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae.

Biology

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. Schools are found at the surface, in mid-water and on the bottom and are often associated with reefs and rough bottom. Schools are sometimes mixed with Caranx koheru and Arripis trutta. Feed on plankton by ram-filtering and suction feeding and on bottom invertebrates. Eggs are pelagic. Cultured only in Japan.. One of the best table fish 'being indeed the salmon of St. Helena

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pseudocaranx dentex
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
122
Common length
40.0
Depth range
10–238 m (33–781 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 238 m
Climate
Tropical
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, Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, New Zealand. Reported from New Caledonia
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18(?); tmax=46(?))

Sources

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

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