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Yellowtail, California

(Seriola lalandi)

(Gill, 1863); CARANGIDAE FAMILY

Occurs in some abundance throughout the Gulf of California and along the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California, Mexico to Los Angeles, California. Less commonly, it has been reported farther north, and on rare occasions, as far north as Washington. (See yellowtail, southern

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Current All Tackle Record

109 lbs. 2 ounces.

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Yellowtail, southern