# Samson fish

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{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}
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| image = Samson fish.JPG
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Smith-Vaniz, W.F. |author2=Williams, I. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=''Seriola hippos'' |errata=2017 |volume = 2016 |article-number= e.T20435675A115383007 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20435675A65927975.en}}</ref>
| taxon = Seriola hippos
| authority = [Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1876
| synonyms = *''Seriola gigas'' <small>Günther, 1860</small> 
*''Naucratopsis excusabilis'' <small>[McCulloch](/source/Allan_Riverstone_McCulloch) & [Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1929-30</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase |Seriola |hippos |month=August |year=2019}}</ref>
}}

The '''samson fish''' (''Seriola hippos'') is a [jack](/source/Carangidae) of the [genus](/source/genus) ''[Seriola](/source/Seriola)''. It is found in the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific) Oceans to eastern [Northland](/source/Northland_Region) in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). Its length is between 80 and 150&nbsp;cm.

==References==
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* [http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/recreational_fishing/fact_sheets/fact_sheet_samson_fish.pdf 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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Category:Seriola
Category:Fish described in 1876
Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

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