Greater amberjack
Scientific name: Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)
Overview
The greater amberjack, also known as the allied kingfish, great amberfish, greater yellowtail, jenny lind, sea donkey, purplish amberjack, reef donkey, rock salmon, sailors choice, yellowtail, and yellow trevally, is a species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the jacks and pompanos. It is found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical seas around the world. It is a popular quarry species for recreational fisheries and is important in commercial fisheries. It is the largest species in the family Carangidae.
From the Wikipedia article “Greater amberjack”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Common names
Also known in English as Allied Kingfish, amberjack, Great Amberfish, greater yellowtail, Great Yellowtail, Jenny Lind, Purplish Amberjack, Rock Salmon, Sailor's Choice, Samson Fish, Yellow Tail, Yellow Trevally.
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- سريولة المتوسط
- Chinese
- 杜氏鰤, 杜氏鰤(高體鰤), 紅甘, 紅甘鰺, 高體鰤
- French
- Amber Couvailli, Poisson Limon, sériole, Seriole, sériole couronnée
- German
- Große Bernsteinmakrele
- Indonesian
- Kuwe batu
- Japanese
- カンパチ
- Persian
- کانپاچی
- Portuguese
- írio
- Spanish
- Atún Medregal, Blanquilla, Cola Amarilla, Coronado, Coronado de Ley, Doronado
- Turkish
- sari kuyruk, Sarıkuyruk
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q575704, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Greater amberjack”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026