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An illustration based on the real animal.
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An almaco jack’s belly can look pale purple.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Almaco jack
- Scientific name
- Seriola rivoliana
- Japanese name
- ヒレナガカンパチ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Seriola
It lives from Japan's southern Pacific coast to the Ryukyu Islands, and across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
Compared with the greater amberjack, its rear dorsal fin and anal fin are a little longer and stretch out in a sickle shape.
How the Almaco jack lives
It often lives in deep water, swimming in the open water. In the Gulf of America, it lives around rocky outcrops and reefs, and in the water above reefs. It is known to gather in groups to spawn.
NOAA FisheriesBasic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan to the Ryukyu Islands, and the Indo-Pacific
Where the Almaco jack has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヒレナガカンパチ
- 简体中文
- 长鳍鰤
- 繁體中文
- 長鰭鰤
- 한국어
- 낫잿방어
- Español
- Medregal Limón
- Français
- Sériole Limón
- Português (Brasil)
- Lírio
- Italiano
- Ricciola oceanica
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kuwe batu kuning
- Русский
- Медрегал
- ไทย
- ปลาหางเหลือง
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヒレナガカンパチChecked: 2026-11-04
- NOAA Fisheries — Almaco JackChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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