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Fishing Species

California Yellowtail Fish Species Information

California Yellowtail

Label Details
Scientific Fish Name: Seriola lalandi
Other Fish Name: yellowtail, yellow
Regions Fished: Circumglobal, in subtropical waters, and with a series of disjunct poplulations. Indo-Pacific: South Africa, Walter Shoals, Amsterdam Island, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Rapa, Pitcairn Island, and Easter Island. Eastern Pacific:
World Record:
Common Tackle:
Additional Information: The only jack without scutella on the caudal peduncle. Dark blue dorsally and almost white ventrally; with a well defined line of demarcation between the two colors.