Pseudocaranx, Bleeker, 1863

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2006, Australian trevallies of the genus Pseudocaranx (Teleostei: Carangidae), with description of a new species from Western Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (1), pp. 97-106 : 98

Key to Australian species of Pseudocaranx

1. Posterior margin of upper jaw canted posteroventrally (fig. 1A); scales present on lachrymal; lower limb gill rakers 24–28; scales in curved portion of lateral line 37–48 (eastern Bass Strait to Exmouth Gulf, WA) P. wrighti

— Posterior margin of upper jaw nearly vertical (fig. 1B); no scales on lachrymal; lower limb gill rakers 19–23 (except 24–27 in fish from Qld and Lord Howe I., where P. wrighti does not occur); scales in curved portion of lateral line 53–80 2

2. Segmented anal-fin rays 19–21; total lateral-line scales 58–75, rarely>71; caudalvertebrae14(HoutmanAbrolhos to North West Cape, WA) P. dinjerra

— Segmented anal-fin rays 21–24 (rarely 21); total lateral-line scales 72–95, rarely <74; caudal vertebrae 15 3

3. Lower limb and total gill rakers 19–23 and 28–35 (rarely 35), respectively ( New Zealand and NSW to Lancelin I., WA) P. georgianus

— Lower limb and total gill rakers 24–27 and 36–41 (rarely 36), respectively (southern Qld, Australia and Lord Howe I.) P. sp. “ dentex ”