This image captures the meaning behind the nickname "bandits" sometimes used for kingfish.

• Common name: yellowtail kingfish
• Scientific name : seriola lalandi
• The Yellowtail Kingfish can grow up to 2.5 m in length and can weigh up to 70 kg. Females are believed to mature at around 75 cm total length.
• The Yellowtail Kingfish occurs in tropical and temperate waters of the southern hemisphere and the northern Pacific.
• The Yellowtail Kingfish is a pelagic, schooling fish, usually seen as adults in small to large numbers. In general they inhabit rocky reefs and adjacent sandy areas in coastal waters and occasionally enter estuaries
• A mode of swimming known as carangiform swimming is named after the family. It involves very little movement of the head by considerable movement of the tail.