|
Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832 BLUE MACKEREL Common Mackerel; English Mackerel; Pacific Mackerel; School Mackerel; Slimies; Slimy Mackerel; Spotted Chub Mackerel; Pneumatophorus australasicus Cuvier, 1832; Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782; Scomber antarcticus Castelnau, 1872 |
See
| IDnature guides | Overview |
Main identification features
|
Blue-grey upper body; zigzag lines along all of back and upper tail base, belly pearly white with thin undulating, discontinuous spotted lines. Size: 42 cm. Habitat: epipelagic, coastal. Depth: 0-300 m. An Indo-Pacific species; perhaps resident in the Revillagigedos.
Names |
| Scientific source: | | ||||||||||
Links to other sites | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
References | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Acknowledgements | |||||||||||||||||
I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. |
Top
Updated: 2025-02-07 21:45:43 gmt © Designed by The Polistes Corporation |