---
title: "Grote geelstaart"
description: "Seriola dumerili — Vissen. The greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/greater-amberjack
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote geelstaart

> Seriola dumerili — Vissen. The greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), 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.

- Scientific name: *Seriola dumerili*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1740
- Wikidata: [Q575704](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575704)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51549](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51549)

## Names

- en: Greater Amberjack
- de: Bernstein-Stachelmakrele
- es: Pez de limón
- fr: Sériole couronnée
- nl: Grote geelstaart
- pl: Seriola olbrzymia

## Countries with the most observations

ES (292), GR (237), FR (132), US (130), IT (120), AU (56), HR (55), TW (30), PT (22), JP (20), MX (17), TR (17)

## Summary

The greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_amberjack

## Photo

![Grote geelstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-amberjack/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dominic Alianelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106359081

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-amberjack?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).