Fish · La Saladita, Guerrero

Yellowtail Kingfish

Seriola lalandi

Spanish: Jurel de Castilla

Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi)
Photographed by nzwide on iNaturalist · taken in Poor Knights Island Marine Reserve, not near La Saladita

The southern yellowtail amberjack, yellowtail kingfish or great amberjack, Seriola lalandi, is a large fish found in the Southern Ocean. Although previously thought to be found in all oceans and seas, recent genetic analysis restricts S. lalandi proper to the Southern Hemisphere waters.

TaxonomyActinopterygii › Carangiformes › Carangidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records994 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/seriola-lalandi/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.