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Seriola carpenteri Mather, 1971

Guinean amberjack
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Naucratinae
Etymology: Seriola: Latin word diminutive with the meaning of a large earthenware pot (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: William K Carpenter is a big game fisherman who is a friend of the author. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 26999). Subtropical; 18°C - 27°C (Ref. 43448)

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay and Agadir, Morocco to Angola, including Cape Verde (Ref. 4233). Migrants were caught around Lampedusa Island (Mediterranean Sea) (Ref. 38310).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 72.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 38310); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 33; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are generally confined only in coastal waters over continental shelf, from the surface to at least 200 m. They feed on squids and fishes. Are confined to areas where surface temperature exceed 25°C, their distribution perhaps influenced by seasonal movements of the 18-27°C water mass along the African coast (Ref. 4233). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

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. (Ref. 4233)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 April 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30298)





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15.6 - 24.5, mean 18.7 °C (based on 118 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00636 - 0.03286), b=2.93 (2.73 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.6   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 49.3 [30.1, 103.4] mg/100g; Iron = 1.09 [0.61, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.3, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.404 [0.247, 0.675] g/100g; Selenium = 35.6 [18.6, 68.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 52.4 [7.0, 375.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.519 [0.365, 0.749] mg/100g (wet weight);