
Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. Mackerel species typically have vertical stripes on their backs and deeply forked tails. Many are restricted in their distribution ranges and live in separate populations or fish stocks based on geography. Some stocks migrate in large schools along the coast to suitable spawning grounds, where they spawn in fairly shallow waters. After spawning they return the way they came in smaller schools to suitable feeding grounds, often near an area of upwelling. From there they may move offshore into deeper waters and spend the winter in relative inactivity. Other stocks migrate across oceans. Learn more about Mackerel
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Atlantic Bonito (20 videos) | Sarda sarda | Not Available |
Atlantic Horse Mackerel (30 videos) | Trachurus trachurus | Not Available |
Atlantic Spanish Mackerel (1 videos) | Scomberomorus maculatus | Least concern |
Australian Bonito (3 videos) | Sarda australis | Least concern |
Bluefin Kingfish (9 videos) | Carangoides coeruleopinnatus | Not Available |
Chub Mackerel (16 videos) | Scomber japonicus | Least concern |
Eastern Pacific Bonito (1 videos) | Sarda chiliensis | Least concern |
Indian Mackerel (55 videos) | Rastrelliger kanagurta | Data deficient |
Island Mackerel (1 videos) | Rastrelliger faughni | Data deficient |
Jack Mackerel (63 videos) | Trachurus novaezelandiae | Not Available |
King Mackerel (14 videos) | Scomberomorus cavalla | Least concern |
Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (7 videos) | Scomberomorus commerson | Near threatened |
Pacific Jack Mackerel (27 videos) | Trachurus symmetricus | Not Available |
Pacific Sierra (2 videos) | Scomberomorus sierra | Least concern |
Shark Mackerel (1 videos) | Grammatorcynus bicarinatus | Least concern |
Slender Yellowtail Kingfish (13 videos) | Alepes djedaba | Not Available |
Striped Bonito (10 videos) | Sarda orientalis | Least concern |
Wahoo (20 videos) | Acanthocybium solandri | Least concern |