Seriola fasciata
Lesser Amberjack
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Carangidae (Jacks)
Seriola
Seriola fasciata (Lesser Amberjack)
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slightly compressed body, relatively short pectoral fins, no scutes on lateral line, dorsal and ventral caudal peduncle groove. Upper profile slightly more convex than lower. Snout moderately long and acutely pointed. Eye with poorly developed adipose eyelid. Maxilla extends to anterior margin of pupil. Jaw teeth minute, in broad bands. Gill rakers on first arch lathlike, 6-8 upper limb, 16-18 lower limb. Branchiostegal rays 7. Pectoral fin acutely tipped, 20 rays. First dorsal fin 8 spines, second dorsal fin 1 spine and 28-33 rays. Anal fin 2 free spines and 1 spine and 17-20 rays. Scales small and cycloid. Lateral line slightly arched anteriorly. Vertebrae 24 (10 precaudal, 14 caudal).
Dark pinkish to violet dorsally, silvery to whitish laterally and ventrally. Faint nuchal stripe from eye to nape. Juveniles (40-260 mm FL) with 7 dark, irregular, broken bars extending to medial fin membranes.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from Massachusetts and Bermuda to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Greater Antilles.
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical to warm temperate Atlantic Ocean, generally between 55 and 150 m depth. Schooling species, juveniles epipelagic in oceanic and neritic waters.
Near or on the bottom
Biology
Squids and probably ray-finned fishes
Maximum known size 675 mm FL
Adults are benthopelagic near the coasts (Ref. 5217). Smaller juveniles epipelagic in oceanic or offshore neritic waters. Adults feed on squids and fishes (Ref. 4233). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-08-21. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish.
References
Mather 1971
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Robins and Ray 1986
Cervigón 1993a
Cervigón 1993b
Schaldach et al. 1997
Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999
Smith-Vaniz 2002c
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (1986) Carangidae. p. 815-844. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2.
Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992) Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., J.-C. Quéro and M. Desoutter (1990) Carangidae. p. 729-755. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Claro, R. (1994) Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard (2002) CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 1. Fishes. F. Briand (ed.). 256 pages. CIESM Publishers, Monaco.
Bunkley-Williams, L. and E.H. Williams Jr. (2004) New locality, depth, and size records and species character modifications of some Caribbean deep-reef/shallow slope fishes and a new host and locality record for the Chimaera Cestodarian. Caribb. J. Sci. 40(1):88-119.
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