Scomberomorus commerson
Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Scomberomorus
Species
Scomberomorus commerson
Colours
Distinguishing features
A large powerful mackerel, blue above, sides silver with many narrow wavy blue bars.The single lateral line bends downward abruptly behind the second dorsal fin.
Size
- Up to 240 cm (FL)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
From near the edge of the continental shelf to shallow coastal waters, often of low salinity and high turbidity. It is also found in drop-offs, and shallow or gently sloping reef and lagoon waters. It inhabits coastal waters at depths to 200m, but is more frequently caught in areas less than 100m depth. It usually hunts solitarily and often swims in shallow water along coastal slopes.
Web resources
References
- Bray, R.A., T.H. Cribb and S.C. Barker (1993). Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Systematic Parasitology, 25: 37-62. LIRS catalog number 484.
- Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.
- McPherson, G.R. (1981). Investigations of spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson, in Queensland waters in: Determine from the unstructured data. Determine from the unstructured data.. [Northern Pelagic Fish Seminar, C.J. Grant and D.G. Walters (eds.), pp 51-58. Australian Public Service, Canberra] LIRS catalog number 75.
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