Taxon Report

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CAAB Taxon Code: 37 337062
Scientific Name and Authority: Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces - Fishes
Family: 37 337 Carangidae (trevallies)    show full list

Standard Name: Silver Trevally
Suggested Indexable Form: not yet designated
Common Names List:
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Silver Trevally
Organism Type: a trevally

Other names used in Australia: Caranx nobilis [Grant, 1982: 302, colour plate 147]

Taxon Notes:
Scientific Name Notes: Pseudocaranx dentex was described from Brazil and may be a different species to the Australian form that is known from Queensland and Lord Howe Island (see Smith-Vaniz & Jelks, 2006).
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   37 337000 .. Carangidae - undifferentiated .. trevallies
   37 337908 .. Caranx & Pseudocaranx spp. .. white trevally
   37 337910 .. Pseudocaranx dentex & Pseudocaranx wrighti .. silver trevally
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  337062

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: No
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: No

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory