Biology:Chinese mackerel

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Chinese mackerel
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Scomberomorini
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species:
S. sinensis
Binomial name
Scomberomorus sinensis
(Lacepède, 1800)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Scomber sinensis Lacepède, 1800
  • Cybium sinensis (Lacepède, 1800)
  • Cybium chinense Cuvier, 1832
  • Scomberomorus chinense (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Scomberomorus chinensis (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Cybium cambodgiense Durand, 1940
  • Scomberomorus cambodgiense (Durand, 1940)
File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.191 - Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacépède) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg
Drawing of Scomberomorus sinensis

The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River.[3]

The largest of the Spanish mackerels, the largest Chinese Seerfish was 131 kg (289 lb), which was caught off the coast of Korea in 1982.[4]

The fish is often confused for the Dogtooth tuna, but can be differentiated by the more curved lateral line and silver spots.[5]

See also

References

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