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It is a good food-fish, but is rather shy of a baited hook, and but few are 
taken. It attains a size of forty inches in length and fifteen pounds 
THE AMBER-FISH, 
weight. It is also, according to Jordan, rather common on the Carolina 
coast, where it is known as the ‘‘ Jack-fish.”’ 
The ‘‘Rock Salmon’’ of Pensacola, Seriola falcata, is recorded by 
Stearns as occasionally occurring near Pensacola in company with the 
preceeding species, which it resembles in habits. It is caught with hook 
and line and is eaten; in his opinion, it attains a larger size than the 
Amber-fish. There is a third species of Amber-fish of which the National 
Museum has received a single specimen from South Florida. It is closely 
related to the fish described by Cuvier under the name Sertola Lalandit, 
The same species is sometimes sent to the New Orleans market, where an 
example was seen by Prof. Jordan. 
Another closely allied species, Sertola dorsalis, occurs on the coast of 
California, where, according to Jordan, it is known under the names 
“ Vellow-tail,’’ ‘* White Salmon,’’ and ‘‘ Cavasina.”’ 
Of the ‘‘ Yellow-tail,’’ Prof. Jordan says: ‘‘It reaches a length of four 
to five feet, and a weight of thirty to forty pounds, and individuals of less 
than fifteen pounds weight are rarely seen. It ranges from Cape San 
Lucas northward to the Santa Barbara and Coronados Islands, where it is 
found in great abundance in the spawning season, arriving in July, and 
departing in early fall. It spawns about August 18. It is caught chiefly 
by trolling. It feeds on squid and such fish as the anchovy and sardine. 
Asa fresh fish it ranks high, although large individuals are sometimes 
coarse and tough. When salted and dried it is inferior to none on the 
coast, ranking with the white-fish and barracuda.”’ 
