Blue jack mackerel

Blue jack mackerel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Carangoidei
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Trachurus
Species:
T. picturatus
Binomial name
Trachurus picturatus
(S. Bowdich, 1825)
Synonyms

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. 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trachurus picturatus". FishBase. March 2012 version.