Seriola

More than 150,000 tonnes of Seriola are produced through aquaculture per year. The majority is produced in Japan and Korea (Seriola quinqueradiata, Seriola dumerili, and Seriola lalandi), with smaller contributions from New Zealand/Australia (Seriola lalandi) and America (Seriola rivoliana). Japanese yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) accounts for more than 80% of global annual production. These cultured species are increasingly used in raw sushi, where they are known as hamachi, buri, kampachi, and hiramasa. Several trials are underway for land-based Seriola culture, ==Species==

Nine recognized species are placed in this genus: • Seriola carpenteri F. J. Mather, 1971 (Guinean amberjack) • Seriola dumerili (A. Risso, 1810) (greater amberjack) • Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) (lesser amberjack) • Seriola hippos Günther, 1876 (samson fish) • Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (yellowtail amberjack) • Seriola peruana Steindachner, 1881 (fortune jack) • Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Japanese amberjack) • Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 (long-fin yellowtail, almaco jack, high-fin jack) • Seriola zonata (Mitchill, 1815) (banded rudderfish) Fishbase includes populations of fish similar to S. lalandi in the Northern Hemisphere within that species, but other authorities regard Seriola aureovittata from the North Pacific Ocean around Japan and Seriola dorsalis of the northeastern Pacific as separate, valid species, with S. lalandi being restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. Fossil taxa , an Early Eocene species of Seriola'' from Monte Bolca, Italy Seriola is a rather old and well-represented genus in the fossil record, with fossil remains known dating back to the earliest Eocene. The following fossil species are known: • †Seriola dallonii Arambourg, 1927 (Late Miocene of Algeria) • †Seriola fragosa Bannikov, 2002 (Middle Eocene of North Caucasus, Russia) • †Seriola gracilis Böhm, 1942 (Oligocene of Hungary) • †Seriola prisca (Agassiz, 1834) (=Lichia prisca Agassiz, 1834) (Early Eocene of Italy) • †Seriola sanctaebarbarae Jordan, 1921 (Late Miocene of California, USA) • †Seriola smithvanizi Bannikov, 1996 (Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia) • †Seriola stoppanii Bassani, 1889 (Oligocene of Italy) ==References==