Biology:Australian spotted mackerel

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Australian spotted mackerel
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species:
S. munroi
Binomial name
Scomberomorus munroi
Collette & Russo, 1980

The Australian spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus munroi) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Common fork length ranges between 50 and 80 cm. Specimens have been recorded at up to 104 cm in length, and weighing up to 10.2 kg. It is found in the western Pacific, along the northern coast of Australia , from the Abrolhos Islands region of Western Australia to Coffs Harbour and Kempsey in central New South Wales. It is also found in southern Papua New Guinea from Kerema to Port Moresby. It feeds largely on fishes, particularly anchovies and sardines, with smaller quantities of shrimps and squids. It is sometimes confused with Japanese Spanish mackerel, S. niphonius. Conservation status of the species has been evaluated as Near Threatened by the IUCN.[1] This species was described in 1980 and was previously confused with the Japanese Spanish mackerel of the north western Pacific but S. munroi has a different visceral structure, more vertebrae and fewer gill rakers.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Collette, B.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M.; Nelson, R. (2011). "Scomberomorus munroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170330A6750789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170330A6750789.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170330/6750789. Retrieved 29 November 2022. 
  2. Bruce Collette; Joseph L. Russo (1980). "Scomberomorus Munroi, A New Species of Spanish Mackerel from Australia and New Guinea". Marine and Freshwater Research 31 (2): 241–250. doi:10.1071/MF9800241. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248886105. 

Wikidata ☰ Q247728 entry