Amberjack

This article is about the fish. For the baseball team, see Monterey Amberjacks. For the United States navy submarines, see USS Amberjack. For the song, see Guitars (McCoy Tyner album).

Amberjack
Greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili off the coast of North Carolina
Greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili off the coast of North Carolina
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Naucratinae
Genus: Seriola

Amberjacks are Atlantic and Pacific fish in the genus Seriola of the family Carangidae. They are widely consumed across the world in various cultures, most notably for Pacific amberjacks in Japanese cuisine; they are most often found in the warmer parts of the oceans.[1] There are many variations of amberjack, including greater amberjack (Atlantic), lesser amberjack (Atlantic), Almaco jack (Pacific), yellowtail (Pacific), and the banded rudderfish (Atlantic). Though most of the Seriola species are considered "amberjacks", the species Seriola hippos (samson fish) is not.

  1. ^ The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: Field Enterprises Education Corp. 1968. pp. Volume 1, page 386.