Blue jack mackerel
| Blue jack mackerel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Trachurus |
| Species: | T. picturatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachurus picturatus (S. Bowdich, 1825) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trachurus suareus (Risso in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833) | |
The blue jack mackerel (Trachurus picturatus) is a species of mackerel-like fish in the family Carangidae.[1] Their maximum reported length is 60 cm, with a common length of 25 cm. They are coastal fish found at depths to 370 m off the Bay of Biscay to south Morocco and the western Mediterranean.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Trachurus picturatus" in FishBase. March 2012 version.
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