amberjack
nounUS /ˈæm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/
Etymology From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).
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Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
- 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.1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, published 2000, page 111:
- Greater amberjacks have 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays.2006, Jerald Horst, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 223:
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- The greater amberjack is the largest of the jacks, the most important amberjack to anglers, and, like most of its brethren, a strong fighter.2011, Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish, page 31:
- Derived terms
- flat amberjack, greater amberjack, Japanese amberjack, lesser amberjack, yellowtail amberjack