This pelagic species is a schooling species that often makes a grunting sound when caught.

At a glance

Habitat Coastal waters and bays, often near rocky areas, in depths of 0-240 m
Size Can grow to a lengths of 1.2 m and weigh up to 18 kg altough more typically around 35 to 60 cm
Origin Native
Distribution Temperate Australian marine waters From Queensland to Western Australia including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Temperate Australian marine waters From Queensland to Western Australia including Tasmania
Habitat
Coastal waters and bays, often near rocky areas, in depths of 0-240 m
Size
Can grow to a lengths of 1.2 m and weigh up to 18 kg altough more typically around 35 to 60 cm

Identification

It has a elongated  slightly oval shaped compressed body that is bluish silver in the upper half with lateral line dividing the lower silver to whitish silver lower half. The tail is deeply forked and the gill cover has a black patch on its upper margin
Common Name Silver Trevally
Aliases Araara, Blue Trevally, Blurter, Jack, Skipjack Trevally, Silver Bream,
Origin Native
Conservation Least Concern
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderPercoidei
FamilyCarangidae
GenusPseudocaranx
SpeciesPseudocaranx georgianus
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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