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| Yellowtail / Seriola lalandi
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| Description: |
The body of the yellowtail is elongate, somewhat compressed, tapering
to a sharp snout and a slender, forked tail. The head is conical. The
color is olive brown to brown above, with a dark horizontal streak along
the side of the body.
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| Range: |
Northern yellowtail range from Baja California to southern Washington.
Variants (Southern and Australian) occur in other parts of the world in
subtropical seas. |
| History: |
Yellowtail are a migrating fish, and will often congregrate near
shorelines, islands, ridges, and under floating kelp patties. They usually
form closely packed schools, and often get carelessly close to divers.
They are noted for their fighting strength, and many yellowtails have
escaped even well placed shots.
Yellowtails are opportunistic
feeders, and will eat red crabs, anchovies, squid, and most small fish. A
25 pound female can spawn over 1 million eggs.
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| Other Names: |
Tail, Mossback. |
| Largest recorded size: |
5 feet, 80 lbs. (California) |
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| Minimum Size For Record: |
45 lbs. |
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| Standing 20th. Century IUSA Record: |
Mark Steele - 30.9 kg., 68 lb. 3 oz. |
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| Current 21st. Century IUSA Record: |
Al Schneppershoff - 23.16 kg., 51 lbs. 1 oz. |
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