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amberjack

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am·ber·jack  (mbr-jk)
n. pl. amberjack or am·ber·jacks
A food and game fish of the genus Seriola, native to temperate and tropical marine waters.

[amber + jack, a fish.]
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Noun1.amberjack - any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
genus Seriola, Seriola - a genus of Carangidae

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In January 2004, 2 fishermen captured a 26-kg amberjack (local name: Medregal Negro; scientific name: Seriola Rivoliana) while scuba diving along the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain.
The company offers a few different packages of sushi with combinations of the conventional varieties--salmon, tuna, salmon roe, bonito, sea urchin, shrimp, squid, scallop, amberjack, et cetera--as well as different vegetable roll options like pumpkin and kidney bean tempura.
Near the reef, large iguanas ate from our hands, and the snorkeling was the best yet, as massive amberjacks, groupers and stingrays circled just a few feet offshore near a floating bridge that led to Mayan caves.
 
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