Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 39-40

Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO.0000008 ( Fig. 25 ).

Classification on the specimen: None.

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): None.

Comments: This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. No references to this species are found within the available documentation. None of the species described in the Ichthyologia Fluminensis manuscript can be definitively attributed to the species in question. Pseudocaranx dentex occurs in the temperate waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Western Pacific ( Smith-Vaniz 2002).

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FIGURE 25. Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider 1801), MCUC ZOO.0000008, 410 mm SL. Photo by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.