amberjack

From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bɚ.dʒæk/

amberjack (countable and uncountable, plural amberjacks)

1. Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
   • 1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, 2000, page 111,

     It was an amberjack, and twice as large as any I had ever seen before. As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled.

   • 2006, Jerald Horst, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 223,

     Greater amberjacks have 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays.

   • 2011, Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish‎, page 31:

     The greater amberjack is the largest of the jacks, the most important amberjack to anglers, and, like most of its brethren, a strong fighter.

• flat amberjack
• greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
• Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
• lesser amberjack (Seriola fasciata)
• yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)