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Blue mackerel

Scomber australasicus

Blue mackerel — Scomber australasicus
  • Saltwater
  • Least Concern
Max length
44 cm
Classification
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Scomber
Distribution
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Pacific, Western Central

About the blue mackerel

The blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus), also called Japanese mackerel, Pacific mackerel, slimy mackerel, or spotted chub mackerel, is a fish of the family Scombridae.

Distribution

The blue mackerel is found in tropical to subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In the Indo-West Pacific, there is a population in the Red Sea and western Arabian Sea, one in the Northwest Pacific (Japan, China, and Taiwan), and another one in the Southwest Pacific (Australia and New Zealand). Furthermore, the blue mackerel also occur in the eastern Pacific (Hawaii and Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico). It occurs in surface waters down to 300 m (980 ft).

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Where the blue mackerel lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

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