The samson fish (''Seriola hippos'') is a
jack
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* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
of the
genus
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''
Seriola''. It is found in the
Indo-Pacific
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In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
Oceans to eastern
Northland Northland may refer to:
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* Northland Organic Foods Corporation, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota
* Northland Resources, a mining business
* Northland Communications, an American cable television, telephone and internet service ...
in
Australia. It is not found anywhere in
New Zealand
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. Its length is between 80 and 150 cm.
References
Fisheries Western Australia - Samson Fish Fact Sheet* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
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Samson fish
Fish described in 1876
Taxa named by Albert Günther