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They migrate to deeper water to spawn, producing their young near shipwrecks or large objects as a safe haven. Females are much larger than males, and have a longer life expectancy. The maximum lifespan for females is 17 years, whilst the average is 10 due to popular demand for them in big game fishing and as a high-quality food fish.
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 greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), also known as the allied kingfish, great amberfish, greater yellowtail, jenny lind, sea donkey, purplish amberjack, reef donkey, rock salmon, sailors choice, yellowtail, and yellow trevally, is a species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family carangidae, the jacks and pompanos. It is found in ...
Seriola dorsalis, the California yellowtail is a species of ray-finned fish of the family Carangidae. [2] This species is also known by several alternate names, such as yellowtail jack [3] amberjack, forktail, mossback, white salmon and yellowtail tunis or tuna [4] or by its Spanish name jurel.
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 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 Japanese amberjack or yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, is a species of jack fish in the family Carangidae, native to the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is known as shiyu ( 鰤魚 ) in China , bang'eo ( 방어 ) in Korea , and buri ( 鰤 ) or hamachi ( 魬 ) in Japan .
Most commonly the yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi is meant. In the context of sushi, yellowtail usually refers to the Japanese amberjack, Seriola quinqueradiata. Other species called simply "yellowtail" include: Atlantic bumper, Chloroscombrus chrysurus; Yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea; Yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus