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SpeciesPerciformesCarangidae
Fish

🐟Japanese amberjack

Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

방어(魴魚, Japanese amberjack)는 전갱이목의 전갱이과에 속하는 바다물고기이다. 다 자란 방어는 몸 길이가 1m를 훌쩍 넘는 대형 어류로 한국 연안을 회유하며 정어리·멸치·꽁치 등 작은 물고기를 잡아 먹고 사는 어종이다. 온대성 어류로 난류를 따라 연안 바닷속 6~20m에서 헤엄쳐 다닌다. 어린 개체는 마래미라 부른다.

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Seriola quinqueradiata
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
40 kg
Body length
1.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Japanese amberjack

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Body mass
40 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
1.5 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.96
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.96 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
40 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Japanese amberjack yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyCarangidae
  5. ›genusSeriola
  6. ›speciesSeriola quinqueradiata
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. classActinopteri
  3. subclassNeopterygii
  4. orderAcanthomorphata
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
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ブリ (ja), بوری (fa), Seriola quinqueradiata (fr), Seriola quinqueradiata (es), Seriola quinqueradiata (ca), Seriola quinqueradiata (it) … and 17 more languages
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