Student Stuff
Silver Trevally
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
A Silver Trevally photographed at Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales. Photo © G. McNeil.
The Silver Trevally is greenish-grey dorsally and silver-white ventrally. There is usually an obvious dark spot on the operculum. Juveniles have a yellow stripe along the sides of the body.
This species grows to 80 cm in length and about 4.5 kg.
The Silver Trevally is a schooling species that occurs in warm temperate waters worldwide.
In Australia it is found in coastal waters and estuaries, from southern Queensland, around the south of the country and north to the central coast of Western Australia.
Silver Trevally are also commonly known as White Trevally.
Further reading
- Gomon, M.F in Gomon, M.F, J.C.M. Glover & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
- Hutchins, B. & R. Swainston. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Swainston Publishing. Pp. 180.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
