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Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793)

Lesser 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).
More on author: Bloch.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 55 - 348 m (Ref. 51158). Subtropical; 43°N - 30°S, 98°W - 15°W

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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira (Ref. 7097); Turkey (Ref. 95646); eastern Atlantic distribution is uncertain due to past confusion with Seriola carpenteri.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 67.5 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 4.6 kg (Ref. 3195)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 33; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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).

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

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. (Ref. 7097)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)





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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.7 - 26.5, mean 23.3 °C (based on 70 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00893 - 0.02811), b=2.94 (2.78 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.6   ±0.57 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 (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 52.1 [31.4, 109.6] mg/100g; Iron = 1.09 [0.60, 1.99] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.3, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.39 [0.24, 0.65] g/100g; Selenium = 31.8 [16.6, 61.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 56.6 [7.4, 416.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.54 [0.38, 0.78] mg/100g (wet weight);