Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae Jacks and pompanos
Subfamily: Naucratinae
Genus: Seriola

(See list of species below)

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9 species (see list below)

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Photo by Pinheiro, P.

Seriola carpenteri
[Guinean amberjack]

Photo by Pontes, M.

Seriola dumerili
[Greater amberjack]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Seriola fasciata
[Lesser amberjack]

Photo by CSIRO

Seriola hippos
[Samson fish]

Photo by Østergaard, T.

Seriola lalandi
[Yellowtail amberjack]

Photo by FAO

Seriola peruana
[Fortune jack]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Seriola quinqueradiata
[Japanese amberjack]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Seriola rivoliana
[Longfin yellowtail]

Photo by Cox, C.

Seriola zonata
[Banded rudderfish]

9 Species of Family Carangidae with Genus Seriola
(Jacks and pompanos)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1971	Seriola carpenteri	Guinean amberjack	Eastern Atlantic	72.5 TL
1810	Seriola dumerili	Greater amberjack	Circumglobal. Indo-West	190 TL
1793	Seriola fasciata	Lesser amberjack	Western Atlantic	67.5 FL
1876	Seriola hippos	Samson fish	Indo-Pacific	150 TL
1833	Seriola lalandi	Yellowtail amberjack	Circumglobal in subtropic	250 TL
1881	Seriola peruana	Fortune jack	Eastern Pacific	57 FL
1845	Seriola quinqueradiata	Japanese amberjack	Northwest Pacific	150 TL
1833	Seriola rivoliana	Longfin yellowtail	Circumglobal. Indo-West	160 FL
1815	Seriola zonata	Banded rudderfish	Western Atlantic	75 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: PerciformesFamily: Carangidae Jacks and pompanosSubfamily: NaucratinaeGenus: Seriola(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae Jacks and pompanos
Subfamily: Naucratinae
Genus: Seriola

(See list of species below)