''Pseudocaranx'' is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
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es from the
family
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Carangidae
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, the jacks, trevallies, scads, and
pompano
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s. They occur in the western Atlantic Ocean and the
Indo-Pacific
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.
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Species
Four recognized species are placed in this genus:Bloch
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*Alfred Bloch ( ...
& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (white trevally)
* '' Pseudocaranx dinjerra'' Smith-Vaniz & Jelks, 2006
* '' Pseudocaranx wrighti'' ( Whitley, 1931) ( skipjack trevally)
Fishbase
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of ''P. dentex'', but notes that many other authorities treat it as a valid species.Catalog of Fishes
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and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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treat it as a valid species.
References
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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