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#1
September 27th, 2003
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I've been seeing amberjacks where I dive recently. They are small, averaging 35 to 40 cm. They are pretty friendly, letting me get to about a meter sometimes - (when in a school). If these small ones are around, are there any larger ones in the area as well or are they more pelagic, found in deeper waters?
What are your experiences with these fish? Adrian Here's a slightly blurry pic: 
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#2
September 27th, 2003
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Well...
Sometimes i see this sized or a bit smaller AJ swimming in a school of 2-5. I generaly see them when i enter the water. Just 3-4 meter of water. But never saw bigger ones after these.
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September 27th, 2003
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murat whar does amberjack means in our language?
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September 27th, 2003
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"Avcı balığı" is also used for "akya" in our country is this the same with AJ??
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September 29th, 2003
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positive on the ID? Definately of the jack family but are we talking about greater amberjack, lesser amberjack, banded rudderfish, or one of the others. Doesnt look quite like a AJ to me...maybe a different species than our?
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September 29th, 2003
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sorry about the size of the pic...never claimed to be a comp. genius
 Can one of the mod's please adjust the size...
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#11
September 29th, 2003
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Hi Mike,
Here's the fishbase info: http://ichtyonb1.mnhn.fr/Summary/Spe...sname=dumerili and the pictures: http://ichtyonb1.mnhn.fr/Photos/Thum...ry.cfm?ID=1005 Here I find that some of the amberjacks don't have the yellow stripe that I suppose gives them their name and some do. But - for example- the fish on the yellow board is the same one as in my picture. I'm pretty sure it's a juvenile greater amberjack that comes in to feed close to shore, the larger ones remaining further out at sea. Sometimes there are slight differences within the same species that give rise to confusion. But I'm no expert. I just wish to be able to see ones the size you have! Adrian
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#12
September 29th, 2003
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Here's a detail from the shot, showing the amber stripe through the eyes. Sorry it's so blurry, I was shooting wide open at a 30th of a second. Hopefully next week I'll get better shots.
Adrian
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#13
September 30th, 2003
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those things are so hard to tell apart. The only way to positively ID a greater from a lesser or a banded rudderfish is counting the rays and gill rakers according to a biologist friend...regardless we need to find you the big ones b/c nothing pulls quite like a big AJ!
How deep are you seeing those small jacks? Here I dont even look for them in less than 120' or so and really like water about 150+. We are lucky enough to have many oil rigs in that depth so finding the structure is easy(they are very structure oriented). In the keys we dove a wreck in that depth and the AJ would come up to about 30' below the surface. Do you have many wrecks or coral heads in that depth? Maybe a hump or mound?
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September 30th, 2003
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Hey Mike, i am interested in with AJ too. We don't have here oilrigs. May be few wrecks but i don't know any. I want to know are those AJ prefer bottomless bluewater or deep rocky reefs ? ? ?
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#15
September 30th, 2003
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Here they are shallow visitors. Three - four meters next to walls and rocks. They seem to like to hug the shore. I only dive to about 70 feet (so far) But once I'm ready I'll take a flight to Orlando (went to college at Rollins in Winter Park) to see old friends and then skip over to you for a roller-coaster ride on an AJ!
 We don't have coral heads but do have wrecks and certainly mounds. Once I get better at diving it will be interesting to check them out. Adrian
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