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Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833
HIGHFIN AMBERJACK
Almaco Jack; Yellow Kingfish

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Seriola rivoliana
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Overview
Main identification features
  • black diagonal bar: nape to eye
  • dorsal fin and a: long lobes
Snout long; pointed; deeper body and with taller dorsal and anal fins than other Seriola in the region; dorsal rays VII+I,27-33; anal rays II (reduced or embedded in large fish) + I,18-22; total gill rakers on first arch (excluding rudiments) 22-26; lateral line with slight arch over pectoral region; no scutes; grooves present on dorsal and ventral surface of caudal fin base, but no lateral fleshy keel.

Bluish to greenish on upper back, silvery below; oblique dark band from snout to front of dorsal fin; juveniles (up to 20cm) with 6 dark bars on side.

Size: attains at least 157 cm, common to 60 cm; at least 60kg.

Habitat: demersal and pelagic, mainly oceanic.

Depth: 3-250 m.

Circumtropical, in the eastern Pacific from Southern California to the SW Gulf of California to Peru, and the oceanic islands.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 250 m.
Depth Range Min: 3 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=-6; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=39; Longitudinal range=40.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Offshore; In & Offshore.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 157 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Near Surface; Bottom; Bottom + water column;


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References
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Seriola rivoliana, Longfin yellowtail : fisheries, gamefish
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Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes , 1833

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Naucratinae
Etymology: Seriola: Latin word diminutive with the meaning of a large earthenware pot (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Valenciennes .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 245 m (Ref. 90102 ), usually 30 - 35 m (Ref. 40849 ). Subtropical; 43°N - 38°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Circumglobal. Indo-West Pacific: Kenya south to South Africa (Ref. 3287 ) and east to Mariana and Wake islands in Micronesia, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands (Ref. 8879 ). Absent from the Red Sea and French Polynesia. Likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623 ). Eastern Pacific: USA to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ref. 2850 ). Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to northern Argentina (Ref. 9626 ). Distribution in the eastern Atlantic is not well established. Recently recorded from Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean (Ref. 47878 ).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 160 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637 ); common length : 90.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450 ); max. published weight: 59.9 kg (Ref. 40637 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-33; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 18 - 22; Vertebrae : 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: upper jaw posterior very broad, extends to level of middle of pupil; gill rakers (excluding rudiments) decreasing slightly in number with growth, 6-9 + 18-20 = 24 -29 in 2-7 cm FL individuals, but 22-26 in fish larger than 20 cm FL; length of dorsal-fin lobe about 1.3 to 1.6 times longer than pectoral fins and 18 to 22% of fork length; caudal peduncle with dorsal and ventral grooves present; first pterygiophore of anal fin straight in specimens larger than about 10 cm fork length. Colour: dorsal brown or silvery blue-green to olivaceous, ventral paler or silvery with brassy or lavender reflections, with yellow midlateral stripe usually present, and an oblique, dark yellowish brown band from nape through eye to edge of upper lip, the nuchal bar often persistent in adults (may be absent); juveniles (2-18 cm fork length) with dark nuchal bar and 6 dark body bars, each with a light narrow irregular area through their centre vertically, that do not extend into the membranes of the second dorsal and anal fins, and a seventh bar at the end of caudal peduncle; fins dark or yellowish grey except pelvic fins, white ventrally (Ref. 9894 , 90102 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are benthopelagic in outer reef slopes and offshore banks to 160 m or more. They form small groups (Ref. 9283 , 26235 , 58302 ). Young often seen around floating objects (Ref. 4887 , 48635 ). They feed mainly on fishes, but also on invertebrates. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233 ). Marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283 ). May cause ciguatera poisoning, particularly in coral reef areas (Ref. 5217 ). Uncommon on East Indian reefs but occasionally found in cool upwelling areas of Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia (Ref. 90102 ).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

Myers, R.F. , 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 21 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 5217 )





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 22.1 - 28.6, mean 27.3 °C (based on 201 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.01118 - 0.03101), b=2.92 (2.77 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.5   ±0.7 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 14.1 [5.5, 25.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.56 [0.28, 1.19] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [16.2, 22.1] %; Omega3 = 0.17 [0.09, 0.35] g/100g; Selenium = 28.9 [11.7, 63.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 59.8 [6.7, 525.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.353 [0.223, 0.542] mg/100g (wet weight);

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