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
Synonyms[2]
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

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