| Sumario: | Yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) are found in temperate waters of the Pacific andIndian oceans, off South Africa, Japan, and the US. There are a number of species ofyellowtail in the genus Seriola (Carangidae) (Heine and Kolkovski, 2004). The speciescultured in Australian and New Zealand is known as Seriola lalandi lalandi. In theJapanese waters, 4 species of Seriola are recognized (Nakabo, 1993) and three speciesare cultured. (Nakada, 2000). Japanese species includes S. lalandi (called HIRAMASA inJapanese), S. quinqueradiata (called HAMACHI and BURI for the young and adultstages, respectively) and S. dumerili (KANPACHI) (Poortenaar et al., 2001, Nakada,2000, Nakabo, 1993). Another notable species that gain interest as aquaculturecandidate is the pacific yellowtail S. mazatlana (Benetti, 1997).From 1979 through 1998, about 150,000 tonnes of S. quinqueradiata were producedannually in Japan (Nakada, 2000). The culture industries for yellowtail kingfish inAustralia and New Zealand are relatively small compared to Japan and commenced inthe early 2000.
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