Greater Amberjack - Seriola dumerili - Three Fish Swimming Together

Three Greater Amberjacks swim together above the seabed, displaying their streamlined silver bodies, amber-yellow markings and deeply forked tails.

The Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) has a powerful, elongated and streamlined body that is moderately compressed from side to side, with a well-developed head, narrow caudal peduncle and deeply forked tail. Its colour is generally bluish-grey or olive above and silvery-white below, often with an amber or yellowish stripe running along the side. A strong and fast-swimming predator, it inhabits open water and areas around rocky reefs, offshore structures and steep coastal drop-offs. Greater Amberjacks feed mainly on fishes as well as squid and crustaceans and may occur alone or form small groups. The species is widespread throughout the Mediterranean and other warm temperate and tropical seas and can reach approximately 190 centimetres in total length.