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Amberjack caught at Palm Beach, Florida in 1910. Lesser amberjacks, Seriola fasciata, have proportionately larger eyes and deeper bodies than greater amberjacks.They are olive green or brownish-black with silver sides, and usually have a dark band extending upward from their eyes.
The lesser amberjack has an olive green or brownish back with silver flanks. There is a dark stripe which runs from behind the eye to front of the first dorsal fin . Compared to the related greater amberjack , the lesser amberjack has a proportionately larger eye and a deeper body.
The greater amberjack is an important food fish and is a commercial quarry species, and the species has been used in aquaculture in the Mediterranean since the 1980s. [4] As a predatory fish, it requires protein and lipids sourced from other fish, so questions have arisen over the sustainability of its culture. [ 4 ]
Seriola carpenteri F. J. Mather, 1971 (Guinean amberjack) Seriola dumerili (A. Risso, 1810) (greater amberjack) Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) (lesser amberjack) Seriola hippos Günther, 1876 (samson fish) Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (yellowtail amberjack) Seriola peruana Steindachner, 1881 (fortune jack)
The yellowtail amberjack, yellowtail kingfish, hiramasa or great amberjack (Seriola lalandi) is a large fish found in the Southern Ocean. Although previously thought to be found in all oceans and seas, recent genetic analysis restricts S. lalandi proper to the Southern Hemisphere waters. [ 3 ]
The largest fish in the family, the greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, grows up to 2 m in length; most fish in the family reach a maximum length of 25–100 cm. The family contains many important commercial and game fish, notably the Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, and the other jack mackerels in the genus Trachurus. [2]
The longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana), [2] 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. [3]
Lesser amberjack: Seriola fasciata: Lesser devil ray: Mobula hypostoma: Lesser electric ray: Narcine bancroftii: Lichen moray eel: Gymnothorax hubbsi: Lined lanternshark: Etmopterus bullisi: Lined seahorse: Hippocampus erectus: Lined sole Achirus lineatus: Little gulper shark: Centrophorus uyato: Little tunny: Euthynnus alletteratus: Littlehead ...