Greenback horse mackerel
| Greenback horse mackerel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Trachurus |
| Species: | T. declivis |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) | |
The greenback horse mackerel or greenback scad, Trachurus declivis, is a species of jack in the family Carangidae, found around western and southern Australia, and around New Zealand, from the surface to depths of 460 m. Its length is up to 64 cm.[1]
Its common name derives from the legend that other smaller species of fish could ride on its back over great distances. It is an important commercial fish.
Fisheries
in tonnes from 1950 to 2009 [2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Trachurus declivis" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- ↑ Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
Further reading
- "Trachurus declivis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878) Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- 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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