Pseudocaranx
White Trevally (juveniles) (P. dentex)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Citula Cuvier, 1816
  • Longirostrum Wakiya, 1924
  • Usa Whitley, 1927
  • Usacaranx Whitley, 1931

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]

Species

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]

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudocaranx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Carangidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Pseudocaranx in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pseudocaranx dentex" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  5. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Pseudocaranx "Species in the genus 'Pseudocaranx'". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Carpenter, K.E.; Larson, H.; Matsuura, K. & Motomura, H. (2018). "Pseudocaranx georgianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20434340A115606283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T20434340A115606283.en.


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