Greater Amberjack
Seriola dumerili
Sighting evidence at La Polacra, Almería
Photo: Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC
Greater amberjack are year-round residents of La Polacra's deeper flanks but grow noticeably more abundant between April and November when prey concentrations peak around the upwelling zone. They patrol in loose groups of three to eight individuals along the wall between 20 and 35 metres, moving at a purposeful pace that covers the entire extent of the pinnacle in a single circuit and challenges divers to keep pace with them on a single breath. Their curiosity about divers — displayed by a sudden banking turn that brings them within two metres before they wheel away — appears to be genuine investigative behaviour rather than alarm.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Greater Amberjack is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.