Scientific Name	Seriola dumerili   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Risso, 1810)	Depth	15 - 360M
Chinese	杜氏鰤	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰺科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F364　Carangidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	杜氏鰤(高體鰤)
Max Length	190 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅甘、紅甘鰺、竹午、汕午、紅頭午
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Ocean、Coral、Benthos、Estuary、 Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nice, France
Synonyms	Caranx dumerili, Regificola parilis, Seriola boscii, Seriola dumerilii, Seriola gigas, Seriola purpurascens, Seriola purpurescens, Seriola rhombica, Seriola simplex, Seriola tapeinometapon, Seriola tapeinometopon, Trachurus aliciolus, Trachurus fasciatus ...all 13..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Lin & Shao(1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Bruce A. Thompson, Marty Beasley, Charles A. Wilson 1999 Lin, P. L. etc. 1999 Chen, H. L. 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0055472. ASIZP0058185. ASIZP0058588. ASIZP0059526. ASIZP0059979. ASIZP0060356. ASIZP0062517. ASIZP0069440. ASIZP0069450. ASIZP0071063. ASIZP0071088. ASIZP0073406. ASIZP0078444. ASIZP0078760. ASIZP0078761. ASIZP0078762. ASIZP0078763. ASIZP0700018. ASIZP0806043. ASIZP0807245. ASIZP0900526. ASIZP0916043. ASIZP0917245. FRIP03114. FRIP20217. MTP0078. NMMBP03174. NMMBP04310. NMMBP04311. NMMBP06552. NMMSTP00429. NTMP1208. NTUM06628. SU49381.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Purplish amberjack; Rock salmon; Sailor's choice; Yellow tail; Amberjack; Allied kingfish; Greater yellowtail; Greater amberjack; Great yellowtail; Great amberfish; Jenny lind
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. VII, I+30-33; A. II, I+19-21; P. i+19-20; G.R. 3-7+11-16; vertebrate 10+14. Maxilla extends to middle of eye, with round dorso-posterior corner. A cutaneous keel on each side of caudal pecuncle developed in adults, but not developed in young. First dorsal fin composed of 5 to 7 spines connected by a membrane. Anterior rays of second dorsal and of anal fin elevated, but lower than length of pectoral fin. Finlet none. Bluish grey or olivaceous above, sides and belly silvery white, sometimes brownish or with a pinkish tinge; usually a darker nuchal bar through eye to dorsal-fin origin; often an amber stripe from eye along middle of body; caudal fin dark or dusky with a lighter narrow posterior margin, extreme tip of lower caudal-fin lobe sometimes light or white; small juveniles (2 to 17 cm fork length) with a prominent dark nuchal bar extending from eye to dorsal-fin origin; 5 dark body bars, becoming irregularly split vertically, that do not extend into the membranes of the second dorsal and anal fins, and a sixth bar at end of caudal peduncle; papillae surrounding broad bands of teeth in both jaws not engorged with blood, appearance of teeth white.
habitats	Occurs both epibenthically and pelagically; occasionally entering coastal bays. Feeds primarily on fishes such as the bigeye scad, also feeds on invertebrates. Small juveniles associate with floating plants or debris in oceanic and offshore waters. Juveni
Distribution	Circumglobal. Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific and Altantic. It is very common in Taiwanese waters, expecially in the northeastern part.
Utility	Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten pan-fried, broiled and baked. Reported to cause ciguatera in some areas.