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

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Seriola rivoliana
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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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