Chub mackerel
| Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 | ||||
| Family: | Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) |
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| Order: | Scombriformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Chub mackerel | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-Pacific: anti-tropical, absent from the Indian Ocean except for South Africa, KZN to Western Cape (58304).
Reports from Atlantic incl. Mediterranean are Scomber colias, and from Red Sea and northern Indian Ocean are Scomber australasicus (Ref. 27328). | |||
| Adult biology: | A coastal pelagic species, to a lesser extent epipelagic to mesopelagic over the continental slope (Ref. 168). Schooling by size is well developed and initiates at approximately 3 cm (Ref. 168); may also form schools with Sarda chiliensis, Trachurus symmetricus and Sardinops sagax (Ref. 9340). Adults stay near the bottom during the day; go up to the open water at night, (Ref. 5377) where they feed on copepods and other crustaceans, fishes and squids (Ref. 168). They spawn in batches (Ref. 51846). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6769). In Asian waters, they move to deeper water and remain inactive during the winter season (Ref. 4576). Commercially cultured in Japan. Marketed fresh, frozen, smoked, salted and occasionally canned (Ref. 9684). Eaten fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). | |||
| Diagnosis: | At 7 mm, appearance of buds which are the initial stages in the growth of the pelvic fins.. See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | subtropical; 10 - 27°C; 60°N - 48°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Demir, N.. 1961. (Ref. 227) | |||
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| Checked by: Giovanardi, Otello |
Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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