These are curious fish and will often approach or circle divers or their bubbles for a closer look. They're considered "hot", or ciguatoxic, therefore making them dangerous to eat.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Greater Amberjack
The GREATER AMBERJACK (called kahala) is a
silvery gray predator with a dark diagonal stripe through the eye and a yellow
stripe from its eye to tail (although not always visible). Juveniles have 5
prominent dark bars and a dark stripe above the eye.
These are curious fish and will often approach or circle divers or their bubbles for a closer look. They're considered "hot", or ciguatoxic, therefore making them dangerous to eat.
They can reach lengths of 6 feet and feed mostly on Mackeral
Scad and Bigeye Scad, which form bait balls to attempt to not be attacked by
these greater amberjacks. However, when hungry, the amberjacks will just
poke their heads into the tightly packed bait ball and eat what they can grab.
They also swim with mouths open to filter tiny organisms from the water with
their gill takers. To date, they're the only fish known to prey on large fish
as well as plankton.
These are curious fish and will often approach or circle divers or their bubbles for a closer look. They're considered "hot", or ciguatoxic, therefore making them dangerous to eat.
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