Fish of the Seriola (amberjacks) genus of the subfamily Naucratinae of the Carangidae family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Greater amberjack. Photo © NOAA Photo Library. flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib)
Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It inhabits the depth of 1-360 meters, usually 18-72 meters. It prefers to swim above the rocky bottom. Small fish often arrange small schools. The maximum recorded length is 190 cm, specimens up to 100 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 80.6 kg. It feeds on fish and invertebrates.
(Greater amberjack. Photo © NOAA Photo Library. flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) in other languages as follows:
Gofa (Albanian), Grote geelstaart, Barnsteenmakreel (Dutch), Μαγιάτικο (Magiάtiko) (Greek), Lakedra, Seriola (Hebrew), Pez de limón (Spanish), Ricciola (Italian), Große Bernsteinmakrele (German), Seriola olbrzymia (Polish), Большойамберджек (Boljshoj amberjack) (Russian), Сharuteiro-catarino (Portuguese), Gof (Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian), Sarıkuyruk balığı (Turkish), Sériole couronnée (French), Kranas Dumerilův (Czech).