Ecology Summary - Seriola lalandi

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Main Ref.	Craig, W.L., 1960
Remarks	Found in coastal areas and oceanic waters; off kelp beds and rocky areas (Ref. 2850). Form large offshore shoals. In Australia, juvenile yellowtail kingfish less than 30 cm FL often occurs near floating objects offshore. Tagging studies (Ref. 27112, 27869) have shown that yellowtail kingfish up to 75 cm FL remain in a limited area, at least for 12 months (Ref. 27112), with most recaptured within 50 km of their release point. Tagging data have also shown that larger fish travel further, with fish tagged off New South Wales being recaptured off Victoria, Lord Howe Island and New Zealand (Ref. 27869). Yellowtail kingfish are opportunistic daytime feeders. Feeding schools will sometimes rise to the surface (Ref. 27112).

Main Ref.

Craig, W.L., 1960

Remarks

Found in coastal areas and oceanic waters; off kelp beds and rocky areas (Ref. 2850). Form large offshore shoals. In Australia, juvenile yellowtail kingfish less than 30 cm FL often occurs near floating objects offshore. Tagging studies (Ref. 27112, 27869) have shown that yellowtail kingfish up to 75 cm FL remain in a limited area, at least for 12 months (Ref. 27112), with most recaptured within 50 km of their release point. Tagging data have also shown that larger fish travel further, with fish tagged off New South Wales being recaptured off Victoria, Lord Howe Island and New Zealand (Ref. 27869). Yellowtail kingfish are opportunistic daytime feeders. Feeding schools will sometimes rise to the surface (Ref. 27112).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Seriola lalandi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Craig, W.L., 1960
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Craig, W.L., 1960

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.16	0.14	4.11	0.35	Troph of juv./adults from 4 studies.
From individual food items	3.85	0.49			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Craig, W.L., 1960

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