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title: "Greater Amberjack"
description: "Seriola dumerili — Peixes. 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/pt/animal/greater-amberjack
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Amberjack

> Seriola dumerili — Peixes. 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` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- 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

![Greater Amberjack](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=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).