Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Pseudocaranx: Greek, pseudes = false + French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Whitley.

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 30 m (Ref. 33616); temperate.

Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales.

Max length: 70.0 cm SL male/unsexed (Ref. 9563).

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 26; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 22; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: posterior margin of upper jaw canted posteroventrally; the lachrymal and expanded part of the maxilla densely covered with scales; a well-defined opercular spot, nearly solid black and approximately the diameter of the pupil; caudal vertebra 14; gill rakers, upper 10-15, lower 24-28, total 35-43; lateral line with 37-48 scales in the curved portion and 24-35 posterior scutes; never developing a yellow mid-lateral body stripe; second dorsal and anal fins transparent or dusky green, no yellow pigmentation. (Ref. 76781).

Adults occur over sand and seagrass (Ref. 26068) in coastal waters including estuaries (Ref. 9563).

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: July 19 2017

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.1 - 22.8, mean 18 °C (based on 172 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00646 - 0.02815), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium; Very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 39 [19, 93] mg/100g; Iron = 0.518 [0.278, 1.036] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.5, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.612 [0.332, 1.186] g/100g; Selenium = 8.61 [3.98, 18.59] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.84 [2.68, 35.36] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.663 [0.453, 0.947] mg/100g (wet weight);