Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Silver trevally
Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL
Classification
Actinopterygii | Perciformes | Carangidae
Synonyms
Scomber dentex, Caranx dentex, Caranx analis,
Common names
Carangue dentue, Jurel dentón, Silver travally,
Main reference
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)
Other references | Biblio | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 122 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4887); common length : 40.0
cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9258); max. published weight: 18.1 kg (Ref. 4887);
max. reported age: 49 years (Ref. 31614)
Length at first maturity
Lm ?, range 28 - 37 cm
Environment
Reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 10 - 238 m (Ref. 58302),
usually 10 - 25 m (Ref. 5288)
Climate / Range
Tropical; 40°N - 47°S
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).
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 26; Anal spines:
3; Anal soft rays: 21 - 22; Vertebrae: 25. Greenish blue above, silvery
white below; midside of body with yellow stripe; opercle with black spot
(Ref. 3197). LL with 20-26 scutes (Ref. 6390). With maxilla the rear edge
sloping slightly forward to its main axis, a large, diffuse dark blotch
on the operculum, and a lateral line with 57-78 scales in the curved portion
and 34-46 posterior scutes (Ref. 33616).
Biology
Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)
Occur in bays and coastal waters, including estuaries (Ref. 9563). Juveniles
usually inhabit estuaries, bays and shallow continental shelf waters, while
adults form schools near the sea bed on the continental shelf (Ref. 6390).
Schools are found at the surface, in mid-water and on the bottom and are often
associated with reefs and rough bottom (Ref. 9072). Schools are sometimes mixed
with Caranx koheru and Arripis trutta (Ref. 9072). Feed on plankton by ram-filtering
and suction feeding and on bottom invertebrates (Ref. 9072, 30206). Eggs are
pelagic (Ref. 4233). Cultured only in Japan. (Ref. 4931). One of the best table
fish 'being indeed the salmon of St. Helena' (Ref. 5288).
