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The yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) is an abundant species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Although they have been found as far north as Massachusetts , their normal range is along Florida south to the West Indies and Brazil .
Paracaesio xanthura, the yellowtail blue snapper, the false fusilier, gold-backed fusilier, Pedley's fusilier or Southern fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region.
The lane snapper was first formally described in 1758 as Sparus synagris by Carolus Linnaeus in the 10th edition of the Systema Naturae with the type locality given as America septentrionali, i.e. the Bahamas. [3] The specific name synagris is an Ancient Greek name for the common dentex (Dentex dentex) which the lane snapper was thought to be ...
A yellowtail may be any of several different species of fish. Most commonly the yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi is meant. In the context of sushi , yellowtail usually refers to the Japanese amberjack , Seriola quinqueradiata .
The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. Snappers inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans. Some snappers grow up to about 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, and one specific snapper, the cubera snapper, grows up to 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) in length. [2]
Its name derives from its coloration. It is also locally known as "red snapper", [2] [3] not to be confused with the warm-water Atlantic species Lutjanus campechanus that formally carries the name red snapper. The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age.
He was arrested by FWC officers conducting fisheries inspections in the Keys.
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.