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amberjack
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amberjack: see pompano pompano , common name for fishes of the genus Trachinotus, and for Palometus simillimus, members of a large and important family of mackerellike fishes, abundant in warm seas around the world.
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amberjack

Any of various popular marine game fishes (genus Seriola), members of the jack family (Carangidae). Amberjacks are found worldwide. The greater amberjack of the tropical Atlantic is one of the largest jack species, often attaining a length of 6 ft (1.8 m).



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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Amberjacks prefer wrecks and rocks that sport a good bit of relief.
The announcement came following news reports earlier this week that amberjacks had been found dead on the Larnaca seabed by divers.
fr CAPTION(S): CLOSE QUARTERS: Scores of excited youngsters, and adults, surround the large touch tank (left) and the diamond-shaped aquarium where amberjacks live BENEATH THE WAVES: A skin diver watched by visitors in the underwater observatory and (inset above) shoals of colourful fish from the tropics
 
 
 
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