Pseudocaranx

Pseudocaranx
White Trevally (juveniles) (P. dentex)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
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 UsaWhitley, 1927 UsacaranxWhitley, 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

Six recognized species are placed in this genus: ^[4]

• Pseudocaranx cheilio (Snyder, 1904)
• Pseudocaranx chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Juan Fernandez trevally)
• Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (white trevally)
• Pseudocaranx dinjerra Smith-Vaniz & Jelks, 2006
• Pseudocaranx georgianus (Cuvier, 1833)
• Pseudocaranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931) (skipjack trevally)

Fishbase does not treat P. georgianus or P. cheilio as valid species, treating them as junior synonyms of P. dentex, but notes that many other authorities treat them as valid species. ^[5] Catalog of Fishes and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treat them both as a valid species. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudocaranx". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Carangidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudocaranx". FishBase . August 2019 version.
4. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudocaranx". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 January 2026.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudocaranx dentex". FishBase . August 2019 version.
6. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Pseudocaranx "Species in the genus 'Pseudocaranx'". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
7. 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 .