amberjack
English

A greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bɚ.dʒæk/
Noun
amberjack (countable and uncountable, plural amberjacks)
- 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.
- 1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, 2000, page 111,
Derived terms
Translations
fish of genus Seriola
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