Blue jack mackerel
| Blue jack mackerel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Trachurus |
| Species: | T. picturatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachurus picturatus (S. Bowdich, 1825)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[2] 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.[3]
References[]
- ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Trachurus picturatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198646A43156817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198646A43156817.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Trachurus picturatus" in FishBase. March 2012 version.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Jack mackerels
- Fish of the East Atlantic
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Marine fauna of North Africa
- Fish described in 1825
- Taxa named by Sarah Bowdich Lee
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