Species: Pseudocaranx dentex, Thicklipped jack, White trevally
operculum - black spot
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
White trevally, Thicklipped jack
Body an elongate oval, moderately compressed in adults; upper and lower profiles similar; eye small; both jaws with a single row of blunt conical teeth, top jaw sometimes with an inner row of conical teeth at front; lips notably fleshy and covered with papillae, top lip projects beyond lower lip; top jaw not reaching under eye; 34-42 gill rakers; dorsal fin VIII + I, 25-27, spines of 1st dorsal long, longer than rays of 2nd dorsal; anal fin II + I, 21-26; last dorsal and anal rays longer than preceding rays and more widely separated; dorsal and anal fins not followed by finlets; pectoral fin longer than head; tail base slender; tail strongly forked; rear part (but not curved front part) of lateral line with 2-27 front scales + 16-31 rear scutes (large, hard spiny scales).
Pale blue-green above, silvery below; a yellow stripe along rear side (better developed in young), widening at rear; a yellow stripe along bases of soft dorsal and anal fins; tail dusky yellow; a prominent small black spot at upper rear edge of operculum.
Reaches 122 cm; 18.1 kg.
Bentho-pelagic, nearshore.
Depth range: 0-238 m.
Indo-central Pacific and both sides of the Atlantic; antitropical; Georgia to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Surface
- Mid Water
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Water column
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Mobile benthic worms
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends N + S of GC
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Extends North of GC
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 122
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 238
