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Japanese Amberjack
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Japanese Amberjack

Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishJapanese Amberjack
DutchGeelvinmakreel
SpanishMedregal Nipón
Chinese五条𫚕
Scientific nameSeriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

About this species

The Japanese amberjack or yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, is a species of jack fish in the family Carangidae, native to the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is known as shiyu (鰤魚) in China, bang'eo (방어) in Korea, and buri (鰤) or hamachi (魬) in Japan.

Although it is frequently listed on menus as "yellowtail tuna", it is a fish of an entirely different family, the Carangidae, rather than the family Scombridae that includes tunas, mackerels, and bonitos.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyCarangidae
GenusSeriola

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