WoRMS taxon details
Pseudocaranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931)
273282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273282)
accepted
Species
Caranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931) · unaccepted
Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931) Whitley, G. P. (1931). New names for Australian fishes. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 6 (pt 4): 310-334, Pls. 25-27. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pseudocaranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273282 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931) Whitley, G. P. (1931). New names for Australian fishes. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 6 (pt 4): 310-334, Pls. 25-27. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocaranx wrighti)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931))
To FishBase (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To FishBase
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocaranx wrighti RAD117383-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocaranx wrighti RAD117392-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Usacaranx georgianus wrighti RAD117842-001) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Usacaranx georgianus wrighti RAD117842-002) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocaranx wrighti)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx wrighti (Whitley, 1931))
To FishBase (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To FishBase
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocaranx wrighti RAD117383-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocaranx wrighti RAD117392-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Usacaranx georgianus wrighti RAD117842-001) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Usacaranx georgianus wrighti RAD117842-002) (from synonym Usacaranx georgianus wrighti Whitley, 1931)
To ITIS