Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Seriola peruana Steindachner, 1881

Huayaipe rojo, Medregal fortuno, Fortune jack, Darkfin amberjack

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Carangiformes

Family
Carangidae

Genus
Seriola

Species
peruana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (Froese and Pauly, 2021).

References

  • Froese, R. D. Pauly. Eds. (2021) FishBase World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
  • Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Seriola peruana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24814. Accessed 1 November 2026.