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Seriola rivoliana

Hunt fish squid and crab

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
North America
Oceania
South America
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

The longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana), also known as the almaco or silvercoat jack, deep-water, falcate, European or highfin amberjack, rock salmon, longfin or yellow kingfish, is a game fish of the family Carangidae; they are in the same family as yellowtail and amberjack. They are carnivorous and feed, both day and night, on other, smaller fish, such as baitfish, small squid, octopus, crab and shrimp. The flesh is thick and dense, like tuna, and easily may be passed off for white albacore if prepared as sushi.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Seriola
Maximum length: 160 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Circumglobal. Indo-West Pacific: Kenya south to South Africa (Ref. 3287 ) and east to Mariana and Wake islands in Micronesia, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands (Ref. 8879 ). Absent from the Red Sea and French Polynesia. Likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623 ). Eastern Pacific: USA to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ref. 2850 ). Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to northern Argentina (Ref. 9626 ). Distribution in the eastern Atlantic is not well established. Recently recorded from Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean (Ref. 47878 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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