Mediterranean Amberjack
Seriola carpenteri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Seriola carpenteri is a species of ray-finned fish commonly known as the Guinean amberjack, which feeds on squids and fishes. It attains a size of at least 48 cm fork length, and probably attains a much larger size. Adults are pelagic or epibenthic. Generally confined to areas where surface temperatures exceed 25 °C, the species is found in coastal waters over continental shelf from the surface to at least 200 m deep.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Seriola