Species ID
View AllSilver Trevally
( Pseudocaranx georgianus )
Description
Other names
Other names
Trevally, Skippy, Blurter, Jack, Ranger, Skipjack Trevally, White Trevally, Araara
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- Belong to the family Carangidae (jacks and scads)
- Can grow to 94cm in length and 10kg in weight
- Related to Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis), Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) and Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)
- Lives for around 18 years
- Make a grunting noise when caught
- Found in Australia’s temperate waters from QLD to WA
- Frequents coastal reefs, bays and estuaries
- Pelagic, often solitary or in schools
- Predatory carnivore that feeds on small baitfish
- Popular, great fighting sports fish that readily take lures, fly, live baits and small crustaceans
- Edible
