amberjack

Seriola dumerili

One Hundred Ninety Centimeters Carangid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

Cross-climate
Temperate
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
East Asia
North America
Oceania
South America
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

The greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), also known as the allied kingfish, great amberfish, greater yellowtail, jenny lind, sea donkey, purplish amberjack, reef donkey, rock salmon, sailors choice, yellowtail, and yellow trevally, is a species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the jacks and pompanos. It is found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical seas around the world. It is a popular quarry species for recreational fisheries and is important in commercial fisheries.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Seriola
Maximum length: 190 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumglobal. Tropical and warm temperate seas. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Persian Gulf, southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia; Mariana and Caroline islands in Micronesia. Western Atlantic: Bermuda (Ref. 26938 ), Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil; also from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 9626 ). Eastern Atlantic: British coast (vagrant) to Morocco and the Mediterranean. Distribution in eastern central Atlantic along the African coast is not well established due to past confusion with Seriola carpenteri (Ref. 7097 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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