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Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868)
MEDITERRANEAN HORSE MACKEREL
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Trachurus mediterraneus, Mediterranean horse mackerel : fisheries, gamefish
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Trachurus mediterraneus ( Steindachner , 1868 )

Mediterranean horse mackerel Add your observation in Fish Watcher
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Trachurus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Steindachner .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 0 - 500 m, usually 5 - 250 m (Ref. 54928 ). Subtropical; 50°N - 16°N, 20°W - 43°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Mauritania including the Mediterranean Sea. The subspecies Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus occurs in the Marmara and Black seas, southern and western parts of the Azov Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m 20.0   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397 ); common length : 30.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397 )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are found usually near the bottom, at times also in surface waters; pelagic and migratory in large schools. They feed on other fishes especially sardines, anchovies, etc. and small crustaceans (Ref. 4233 ). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233 ).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. , 1986. Carangidae. p. 815-844. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. (Ref. 4233 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 10 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Fisheries: landings , species profile ; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 13.2 - 21, mean 17.4 °C (based on 748 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00773 - 0.01028), b=2.96 (2.93 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.8   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.22; tmax=12). Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.76, Based on 5 stock assessments. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Low . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 215 [146, 344] mg/100g; Iron = 3.76 [2.38, 6.28] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [19.1, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.38 [0.27, 0.54] g/100g; Selenium = 26 [17, 40] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.8 [3.7, 48.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.94 [1.49, 2.61] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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