Amberjack, Seriola dumerili (Risso 1810)
Other Names: Allied Kingfish, Greater Amberjack, Purplish Amberjack, Sailor's Choice, Samson Fish, Yellow Tail, Yellow Trevally
An Amberjack, Seriola dumerili, at North West Solitary Island, New South Wales, March 2016. Source: Ian V. Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A large predatory jack with a brownish to bluish-grey body becoming silvery-white below, a dusky to dark stripe from the snout to just before the dorsal fin, and a dusky band from the upper jaw through the eye to the first dorsal fin. Some individuals also have a pale yellow to rusty stripe along the sides.
Small juveniles have clear fins and a series of bands along the body that often appear divided.
Small juveniles have clear fins and a series of bands along the body that often appear divided.
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Amberjack, Seriola dumerili (Risso 1810)
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Distribution |
Albany to Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, and from about Noosa Heads, Queensland, to Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, and eastern Tasmania; also at Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere, the species is circumglobal in subtropical to temperate seas. Individuals or small to moderate-sized schools are epibenthic and pelagic around reefs, deep offshore holes, drop-offs, rocky outcrops and deep seaward reefs. Individuals may also enter coastal bays, and juveniles are occasionally fond well offshore, sheltering amongst floating algae and debris. |
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Feeding |
Carnivore - feeds on fishes and also invertebrates. |
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Fisheries |
Of minor commercial importance and farmed in parts of its range. |
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Species Citation |
Caranx dumerili Risso 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 175, pl. 6(20). Type locality: Nice, France. |
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Resources |
Amberjack, Seriola dumerili (Risso 1810)
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