Fish of the Pseudocaranx genus of the subfamily Caranginae of the Carangidae family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(White trevally. Photo by © Maeng Jin Kim and Choon Bok Song. Korean Journal Of Ichthyology Vol. 26, No. 4, 340-344, December 2014)
White trevally or striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex) was first described in 1801 by the German naturalists Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750-1822) and Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799).
It inhabits the depth of 10-238 meters, usually 10-25 meters. It is coastal schooling species. It often enters the bays and estuaries, prefers to swim close to the irregular, often rocky bottom. The maximum recorded length is 122 cm; specimens up to 40 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 18.1 kilograms. It feeds on fish, mollusks and crustaceans.
(White trevally. Photo by © John E. Randall. fishbase.org)
It is a rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of white trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex) in other languages as follows:
Nieuwzeelandse horsmakreel (Dutch), Κοκάλι (Kokali) (Greek), Jurel dentón (Spanish), Carango dentice (Italian), Zahn-Makrele (German), Karanks nowozelandzki (Polish), Xareu-bicudo (Portuguese), Зубатый каранкс (Zubastyj caranx) (Russian), Šnjurak, Trnobokan plosac (Serbian, Croatian), Carangue dentue (French).