Samson fish

Samson fish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Carangidae
Genus:	Seriola
Species:	S. hippos
Binomial name
	Seriola hippos; Günther, 1876
Synonyms
	Seriola gigas Günther, 1860; Naucratopsis excusabilis McCulloch & Whitley, 1929-30;

The samson fish (Seriola hippos) is a jack of the genus Seriola. It is found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans to eastern Northland in New Zealand. 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) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

Samson fish

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)¹
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Carangidae
Genus:	Seriola
Species:	S. hippos
Binomial name
*Seriola hippos* Günther, 1876
Synonyms²
Seriola gigas Günther, 1860 Naucratopsis excusabilis McCulloch & Whitley, 1929-30