Greater amberjack
📖 Overview
Adults found in deep seaward reefs; occasionally entering coastal bays. They feed primarily on fishes such as the bigeye scad, also on invertebrates . Small juveniles associate with floating plants or debris in oceanic and offshore waters. Juveniles form small schools or solitary . Eggs are pelagic . Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten pan-fried, broiled and baked . Reported to cause ciguatera in some areas .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29 - 35; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 22. Bluish grey or olivaceous above, silvery white below; amber stripe along midside of body; fins dusky . Second dorsal and anal fins with low anterior lobe . Species of Seriola lack scutes .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Greater amberjack is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Greater amberjacks are opportunistic predators when they are adults, which prey on benthic and pelagic fishes, as well as cephalopods and crustaceans. Common fish prey species include the bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) and sardines (Sardinella aurita and Sardina pilchardus). The juvenile fish feed on plankton, including the larvae of decapods and other small invertebrates. The juveniles switch to feeding on larger prey such as larger benthic and nektonic organisms when they attain a length of 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in), and once they have grown larger than 12 cm (4.7 in), they restrict their prey choice to animals that swim on or over the substrate; when they attain 20 cm (7.9 in), they are mainly piscivorous and at this size, they move from open waters to more coastal areas.
🥚 Reproduction
Spawning happens during the summer, in areas near the coast. Embryo development lasts about 40 hours at 23° and larval development 31-36 days. Egg size 1.9 mm, larval at hatching 2.9 mm.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous ; depth range 1 - 385 m , usually 18 - 72 m . Subtropical; 49°N - 36°S, 98°W - 128°E West Pacific: South Africa, Persian Gulf, southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia; Mariana and Caroline islands in Micronesia.
🌿 Ecology
fishes such as the bigeye scad, also on invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Allied Kingfish · Amber Jack · Amberjack · Great Amberfish · Great Yellowtail · Greater Amberjack · Greater Yellowtail · Greater amberjack, Amberjack · Jenny Lind · Purplish Amberjack · Rock Salmon · Sailor's Choice · Samson Fish · Yellow Tail · Yellow Trevally |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Jib |
| 🌍ELL | Μαγιάτικο |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Isopiikkimakrilli |
| 🇫🇷French | Amber couvailli · Poisson limon · Seriole · Sériole couronnée |
| 🌍HEB | סריול אטלנטי |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Ricciola · Seriola · leccia · seriola di Dumeril |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kampachi · カンパチ |
| 🌍MLT | Accola (adult) · Cervjola (juvenile) · Serjola · Serra |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | barnsteenmakreel · grote geelstaart |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Seriola |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Seriola olbrzymia |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Charuteiro-catarino · írio |
| 🌍SLV | Gof |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Atún Medregal · Blanquilla · Cola Amarilla · Coronado · Doronado · Machiamarillo · Madregal · Madregal Coronado · Medregal · Pez Limon · Pez de limón · Seriola · Serviola · coronado de ley · medregal coronado |
| 🌍SQI | Gofa |
| 🌍SRP | Orhan |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Seriola · bårnstensfisk |
| 🌍TUR | Sarikuyruk baligi · sari kuyruk |
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🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 762 records indexed .
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