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==Species== Over 30 different species, principally belonging to the family [[Scombridae]], are commonly referred to as mackerel. The term "mackerel" is derived from [[Old French]] and may have originally meant either "marked, spotted" or "pimp, procurer". The latter connection is not altogether clear, but mackerel [[Spawn (biology)|spawn]] enthusiastically in [[Shoal|shoals]] near the coast, and medieval ideas on animal procreation were creative.<ref>{{cite dictionary | title = Mackerel | url = https://www.etymonline.com/word/mackerel | dictionary = Online Etymology Dictionary | access-date = 2012-03-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125413/https://www.etymonline.com/word/mackerel | archive-date = 2018-12-22 | url-status = live}}</ref> ===Scombroid mackerels=== About 21 species in the family Scombridae are commonly called mackerel. The [[type species]] for the scombroid mackerel is the [[Atlantic mackerel]], ''Scomber scombrus''. Until recently, [[Atlantic chub mackerel]] and Indo-Pacific [[chub mackerel]] were thought to be subspecies of the same species. In 1999, Collette established, on molecular and morphological considerations, that these are separate species.<ref name=IUCNscombrus /> Mackerel are smaller with shorter lifecycles than their close relatives, the [[tuna]], which are also members of the same family.<ref name="Juan-Jorda2011">{{cite journal | last1 = Juan-Jorda | first1 = MJ | last2 = Mosqueira | first2 = I | last3 = Cooper | first3 = AB | last4 = Freire | first4 = J | last5 = Dulvy | first5 = NK | year = 2011 | title = Global population trajectories of tunas and their relatives | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 108 | issue = 51| pages = 20650–20655 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1107743108 | pmid = 22143785 | pmc = 3251139 | bibcode = 2011PNAS..10820650J | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Tuna and mackerel populations have reduced by 60% in the last century | date = 2012-02-08 | url = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120208103226.htm | work = ScienceDaily | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170707065234/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120208103226.htm | archive-date = 2017-07-07 | url-status = live}}</ref> ====Scombrini, the true mackerels==== {{anchor|True mackerels|True mackerel|true mackerel|true mackerels}} The true mackerels belong to the [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Scombrini]].<ref name="ITIS_Scombrini">{{ITIS|taxon=Scombrini|id=638253|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> The tribe consists of seven species, each belonging to one of two [[genera]]: ''[[Scomber]]'' or ''[[Rastrelliger]]''.<ref name="ITIS_Scomber">{{ITIS|taxon=''Scomber''|id=172411|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="ITIS_Rastrelliger">{{ITIS|taxon=''Rastrelliger''|id=172461|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! colspan="10"| True Mackerels (tribe [[Scombrini]]) |- ! Common name ! Scientific name ! Maximum<br/>length ! Common<br/>length ! Maximum<br/>weight ! Maximum<br/>age ! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]] ! [[FishBase]] ! [[FAO]] ! [[IUCN|IUCN status]] |- | [[Short mackerel]] | ''Rastrelliger brachysoma''<br /><small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|34.5|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|20|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 2.72 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Rastrelliger | species = brachysoma | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Rastrelliger brachysoma'' (Bleeker, 1851) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2477/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181018194549/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2477/en | archive-date = 2018-10-18 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Rastrelliger brachysoma"|page=e.T170318A170085723|last=Collette, B.|year=2022|volume=2023|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Pollard, D.A}}</ref> |- | [[Island mackerel]] | ''R. faughni''<br /><small>(Matsui, 1967)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|20|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|0.75|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 3.4 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Rastrelliger | species = faughni | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{Cite IUCN|title="Rastrelliger faughni"|page=e.T170324A170086625|last=Collette, B.|year=2023|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Pollard, D.A.}}</ref> |- | [[Indian mackerel]] | ''R. kanagurta''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1816)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|35|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|25|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | 4 years | align="center" | 3.19 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Rastrelliger | species = kanagurta | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Rastrelliger kanagurta'' (Cuvier, 1817) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2478/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180806051043/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2478/en | archive-date = 2018-08-06 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Rastrelliger kanagurta"|page=e.T170328A46648232|last=Collette, B.|year=2023|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Pollard, D.A.}}</ref> |- | [[Blue mackerel]] | ''Scomber australasicus''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|44|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|30|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|1.36|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.2 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomber | species = australasicus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNaustralasicus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Acero, A. |author3=Canales Ramirez, C. |author4=Cardenas, G. |author5=Carpenter, K.E. |author6=Chang, S.-K. |author7=Chiang, W. |author8=Di Natale, A. |author9=Fox, W. |author10=Guzman-Mora, A. |author11=Juan Jorda, M. |author12=Miyabe, N. |author13=Montano Cruz, R. |author14=Nelson, R. |author15=Salas, E. |author16=Schaefer, K. |author17=Serra, R. |author18=Sun, C. |author19=Uozumi, Y. |author20=Wang, S. |author21=Wu, J. |author22=Yanez, E. |author23=Yeh, S. |date=2011 |title=''Scomber australasicus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170329A6750490 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170329A6750490.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Atlantic chub mackerel]] | ''S. colias''<br /><small>(Gmelin, 1789)</small> | align="right" |{{cvt|65|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" |{{cvt|2.9|kg}} | align="right" |20 years | align="center" | 3.91 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomber | species = colias | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maximum size of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) in the Northeast Atlantic {{!}} French Ichthyological Society - Cybium |url=https://sfi-cybium.fr/en/node/76#:~:text=The%20most%20recent%20(2000-2005,these%20species%20in%20this%20area. |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=sfi-cybium.fr}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNcolias>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Amorim, A.F. |author3=Boustany, A. |author4=Carpenter, K.E. |author5=de Oliveira Leite Jr. |author6=N. |author7=Di Natale, A. |author8=Fox, W. |author9=Fredou, F.L. |author10=Graves, J. |author11=Viera Hazin, F.H. |author12=Juan Jorda, M. |author13=Kada, O. |author14=Minte Vera, C. |author15=Miyabe, N. |author16=Nelson, R. |author17=Oxenford, H. |author18=Teixeira Lessa, R.P. |author19=Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. |date=2011 |title=''Scomber colias'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170357A6767497 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170357A6767497.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Chub mackerel]] | ''S. japonicus''<br /><small>(Houttuyn, 1782)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|64|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|30|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|2.9|kg}} | align="right" | 18 years | align="center" | 3.09 | align="center" |<ref name=FishBasejaponicus>{{FishBase | genus = Scomber | species = japonicus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref name=FAOjaponicus>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomber japonicus'' (Houttuyn, 1782) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3277/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181221172602/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3277/en | archive-date = 2018-12-21 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNSjaponicus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Acero, A. |author3=Canales Ramirez, C. |author4=Cardenas, G. |author5=Carpenter, K.E. |author6=Chang, S.-K. |author7=Di Natale, A. |author8=Fox, W. |author9=Guzman-Mora, A. |author10=Juan Jorda, M. |author11=Miyabe, N. |author12=Montano Cruz, R. |author13=Nelson, R. |author14=Salas, E. |author15=Schaefer, K. |author16=Serra, R. |author17=Sun, C. |author18=Uozumi, Y. |author19=Wang, S. |author20=Wu, J. |author21=Yeh, S. |date=2011 |title=''Scomber japonicus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170306A6737373 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170306A6737373.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Atlantic mackerel]] | ''S. scombrus''<br /><small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|66|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|30|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|3.4|kg}} | align="right" | 12 years west<br />18 years east | align="center" | 3.65 | align="center" |<ref name=FishBasescombrus>{{FishBase | genus = Scomber | species = scombrus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref name=FAOscombrus>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomber scombrus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2473/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190502001326/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2473/en | archive-date = 2019-05-02 | url-status = live }}</ref> | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNscombrus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Boustany, A. |author3=Carpenter, K.E. |author4=Di Natale, A. |author5=Fox, W. |author6=Graves, J. |author7=Juan Jorda, M. |author8=Kada, O. |author9=Nelson, R. |author10=Oxenford, H. |date=2011 |title=''Scomber scombrus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170354A6764313 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170354A6764313.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |} {{anchor|Spanish mackerels|Spanish mackerel}} ====Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels==== The [[Spanish mackerel]]s belong to the tribe [[Scomberomorini]], which is the "cousin tribe" of the true mackerels.<ref name="ITIS_Scomberomorini">{{ITIS|taxon=Scomberomorini|id=638251|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> This tribe consists of 21 species in all—18 of those are classified into the genus ''[[Scomberomorus]]'',<ref name="ITIS_Scomberomorus">{{ITIS|taxon=''Scomberomorus''|id=172434|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> two into ''[[Grammatorcynus]]'',<ref name="ITIS_Grammatorcynus">{{ITIS|taxon=''Grammatorcynus''|id=172471|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> and a single species into the [[monotypic]] genus ''[[Acanthocybium]]''.<ref name="ITIS_Acanthocybium">{{ITIS|taxon=''Acanthocybium''|id=172450|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! colspan="10"| Spanish Mackerels (tribe [[Scomberomorini]]) |- ! Common name ! Scientific name ! Maximum<br/>length ! Common<br/>length ! Maximum<br/>weight ! Maximum<br/>age ! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]] ! [[FishBase]] ! [[FAO]] ! [[IUCN|IUCN status]] |- | [[Wahoo]] | ''Acanthocybium solandri''<br /><small>([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]] in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|250|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|170|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|83|kg}} | align="right" | 9 years | align="center" | 4.4 | align="center" |<ref name=":1">{{FishBase | genus = Acanthocybium | species = solandri | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNwahoo>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Acero, A. |author3=Amorim, A.F. |author4=Boustany, A. |author5=Canales Ramirez, C. |author6=Cardenas, G. |author7=Carpenter, K.E. |author8=de Oliveira Leite Jr. |author9=N. |author10=Di Natale, A. |author11=Die, D. |author12=Fox, W. |author13=Fredou, F.L. |author14=Graves, J. |author15=Guzman-Mora, A. |author16=Viera Hazin, F.H. |author17=Hinton, M. |author18=Juan Jorda, M. |author19=Kada, O. |author20=Minte Vera, C. |author21=Miyabe, N. |author22=Montano Cruz, R. |author23=Nelson, R. |author24=Oxenford, H. |author25=Restrepo, V. |author26=Salas, E. |author27=Schaefer, K. |author28=Schratwieser, J. |author29=Serra, R. |author30=Sun, C. |author31=Teixeira Lessa, R.P. |author32=Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. |author33=Uozumi, Y. |author34=Yanez, E. |date=2011 |title=''Acanthocybium solandri'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170331A6750961 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170331A6750961.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Shark mackerel]] | ''Grammatorcynus bicarinatus''<br /><small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|112|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|13.5|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Grammatorcynus | species = bicarinatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNbicarinatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Fox, W. |author3=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Grammatorcynus bicarinatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170308A6738658 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170308A6738658.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Double-lined mackerel]] | ''G. bilineatus''<br /><small>(Rüppell, 1836)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|100|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|50|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|3.5|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.18 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Grammatorcynus | species = bilineatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNbilineatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Chiang, W. |author3=Di Natale, A. |author4=Fox, W. |author5=Juan Jorda, M. |author6=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Grammatorcynus bilineatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170358A6768577 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170358A6768577.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Serra Spanish mackerel]] | ''Scomberomorus brasiliensis''<br /><small>(Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|125|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|65|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|6.7|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 3.31 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = brasiliensis | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNbrasiliensis>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Amorim, A.F. |author3=Boustany, A. |author4=Carpenter, K.E. |author5=de Oliveira Leite Jr. |author6=N. |author7=Di Natale, A. |author8=Fox, W. |author9=Fredou, F.L. |author10=Graves, J. |author11=Viera Hazin, F.H. |author12=Juan Jorda, M. |author13=Minte Vera, C. |author14=Miyabe, N. |author15=Nelson, R. |author16=Oxenford, H. |author17=Teixeira Lessa, R.P. |author18=Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus brasiliensis'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170335A6753567 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170335A6753567.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[King mackerel]] | ''S. cavalla''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|184|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|70|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|45|kg}} | align="right" | 14 years | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = cavalla | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref name=FAOcavalla>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomberomorus cavalla'' (Cuvier, 1829) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2483/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181015151018/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2483/en | archive-date = 2018-10-15 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNcavalla>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Amorim, A.F. |author3=Boustany, A. |author4=Carpenter, K.E. |author5=de Oliveira Leite Jr. |author6=N. |author7=Di Natale, A. |author8=Fox, W. |author9=Fredou, F.L. |author10=Graves, J. |author11=Viera Hazin, F.H. |author12=Juan Jorda, M. |author13=Minte Vera, C. |author14=Miyabe, N. |author15=Nelson, R. |author16=Oxenford, H. |author17=Teixeira Lessa, R.P. |author18=Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus cavalla'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170339A6755835 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170339A6755835.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. commerson''<br /><small>(Lacepède, 1800)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|240|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|120|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|70|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = commerson | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomberomorus commerson'' (Lacepède, 1800) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3280/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181016014535/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3280/en | archive-date = 2018-10-16 | url-status = live }}</ref> | [[File:NT IUCN 3 1.svg|NT IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Near threatened</small><ref name=IUCNcommerson>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Chang, S.-K. |author3=Di Natale, A. |author4=Fox, W. |author5=Juan Jorda, M. |author6=Miyabe, N. |author7=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus commerson'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170316A6745396 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170316A6745396.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Monterrey Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. concolor''<br /><small>(Lockington, 1879)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|87|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|3.6|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.24 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = concolor | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gulf Sierra {{!}} Mexican Fish.com |url=https://mexican-fish.com/gulf-sierra/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:NT IUCN 3 1.svg|NT IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Near threatened</small><ref name="IUCNconcolor">{{Cite IUCN|title="Scomberomorus concolor"|page=e.T20047A170082489|last=Collette, B.|year=2024|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Hastings, P.A.}}</ref> |- | [[Indo-Pacific king mackerel]] | ''S. guttatus''<br /><small>(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|81.5|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|55|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|4.5|kg}} | align="right" | 16 years | align="center" | 4.28 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = guttatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomberomorus guttatus'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3281/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181009102312/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3281/en | archive-date = 2018-10-09 | url-status = live }}</ref> | [[File:DD IUCN 3 1.svg|DD IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Data deficient</small><ref name=IUCNguttatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Di Natale, A. |author3=Fox, W. |author4=Juan Jorda, M. |author5=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus guttatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170311A6742170 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170311A6742170.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Korean mackerel]] | ''S. koreanus''<br /><small>(Kishinouye, 1915)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|150|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|60|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|15|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.2 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = koreanus | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Big Macks: Eleven monster mackerel from the IGFA World Record vault – International Game Fish Association |url=https://igfa.org/2020/10/30/big-macks-eleven-monster-mackerel-igfa-world-records-from-around-the-globe/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |language=en-US}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNkoreanus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Di Natale, A. |author3=Fox, W. |author4=Juan Jorda, M. |author5=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus koreanus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170343A6757043 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170343A6757043.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Streaked Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. lineolatus''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|80|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|70|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|4.1|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = lineolatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNlineolatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Di Natale, A. |author3=Fox, W. |author4=Juan Jorda, M. |author5=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus lineolatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170353A6764121 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170353A6764121.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Atlantic Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. maculatus''<br /><small>(Mitchill, 1815)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|91|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|5.89|kg}} | align="right" | 5 years | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref name=FishBasemaculatus>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = maculatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref name=FAOmaculatus>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomberomorus maculatus'' (Mitchill, 1815) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3282/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180724053321/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3282/en | archive-date = 2018-07-24 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNmaculatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Boustany, A. |author3=Carpenter, K.E. |author4=Fox, W. |author5=Graves, J. |author6=Juan Jorda, M. |author7=Nelson, R. |author8=Oxenford, H. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus maculatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170323A6748550 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170323A6748550.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Papuan seerfish|Papuan Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. multiradiatus''<br /><small>Munro, 1964</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|35|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|0.5|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.0 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = multiradiatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNmultiradiatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Carpenter, K.E. |author3=Di Natale, A. |author4=Fox, W. |author5=Juan Jorda, M. |author6=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus multiradiatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170347A6760831 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170347A6760831.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Australian spotted mackerel]] | ''S. munroi''<br /><small>(Collette & Russo, 1980)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|104|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|10.2|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.3 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = munroi | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:NT IUCN 3 1.svg|NT IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Near threatened</small><ref name=IUCNmunroi>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Di Natale, A. |author3=Fox, W. |author4=Juan Jorda, M. |author5=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus munroi'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170330A6750789 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170330A6750789.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Japanese Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. niphonius''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|113|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|10.5|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = niphonius | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Scomberomorus niphonius'' (Cuvier, 1831) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3285/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180112140508/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3285/en | archive-date = 2018-01-12 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:NT IUCN 3 1.svg|NT IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Near threatened</small><ref>{{Cite IUCN|title="Scomberomorus niphonius"|page=e.T170356A170090130|last=Collette, B.|year=2023|last2=Chang, S.-K}}</ref> |- | [[Queen mackerel]] | ''S. plurilineatus''<br /><small>Fourmanoir, 1966</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|120|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|12.5|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.2 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = plurilineatus | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:DD IUCN 3 1.svg|DD IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Data deficient</small><ref name=IUCNplurilineatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Di Natale, A. |author3=Fox, W. |author4=Juan Jorda, M. |author5=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus plurilineatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170348A6760962 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170348A6760962.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Queensland school mackerel]] | ''S. queenslandicus''<br /><small>(Munro, 1943)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|100|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|80|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|12.2|kg}} | align="right" | 10 years | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = queenslandicus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNqueenslandicus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Di Natale, A. |author3=Dooley, J. |author4=Fox, W. |author5=Fritzsche, R. |author6=Juan Jorda, M. |author7=Matsuura, K. |author8=Nelson, J. |author9=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus queenslandicus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T154946A4674361 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T154946A4674361.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Cero (fish)|Cero mackerel]] | ''S. regalis''<br /><small>(Bloch, 1793)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|183|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|8.2|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = regalis | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNregalis>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Amorim, A.F. |author3=Boustany, A. |author4=Carpenter, K.E. |author5=de Oliveira Leite Jr. |author6=N. |author7=Di Natale, A. |author8=Fox, W. |author9=Fredou, F.L. |author10=Graves, J. |author11=Viera Hazin, F.H. |author12=Juan Jorda, M. |author13=Minte Vera, C. |author14=Miyabe, N. |author15=Nelson, R. |author16=Oxenford, H. |author17=Teixeira Lessa, R.P. |author18=Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus regalis'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170327A6749725 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170327A6749725.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Broadbarred king mackerel]] | ''S. semifasciatus''<br /><small>(Macleay, 1883)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|120|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{Convert|10|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | align="right" | 10 years | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = semifasciatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNsemifasciatus>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Carpenter, K.E. |author3=Di Natale, A. |author4=Fox, W. |author5=Juan Jorda, M. |author6=Nelson, R. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus semifasciatus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170337A6754351 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170337A6754351.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Pacific sierra]] | ''S. sierra''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|99|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|60|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|8.2|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = sierra | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name="IUCNsierra">{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Amorim, A.F. |author3=Boustany, A. |author4=Carpenter, K.E. |author5=de Oliveira Leite Jr. |author6=N. |author7=Di Natale, A. |author8=Fox, W. |author9=Fredou, F.L. |author10=Viera Hazin, F.H. |author11=Juan Jorda, M. |author12=Kada, O. |author13=Minte Vera, C. |author14=Miyabe, N. |author15=Nelson, R. |author16=Oxenford, H. |author17=Teixeira Lessa, R.P. |author18=Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. |date=2011 |title=''Scomberomorus tritor'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170326A6749128 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170326A6749128.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Chinese mackerel]] | ''S. sinensis''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|247|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|100|cm}} | align="right" | {{Convert|131|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = sinensis | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | align="center" | | [[File:NT IUCN 3 1.svg|NT IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Near threatened</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Scomberomorus sinensis"|page=e.T170346A170088828|last=Collette, B.|year=2022|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Chang, S.-K.}}</ref> |- | [[West African Spanish mackerel]] | ''S. tritor''<br /><small>(Cuvier, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|100|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|75|cm}} | align="right" | {{Convert|6|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.26 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Scomberomorus | species = tritor | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name="IUCNsierra"/> |} ===Other mackerel=== In addition, a number of species with mackerel-like characteristics in the families [[Carangidae]], [[Hexagrammidae]] and [[Gempylidae]] are commonly referred to as mackerel. Some confusion had occurred between the [[Pacific jack mackerel]] (''Trachurus symmetricus'') and the heavily harvested [[Chilean jack mackerel]] (''T. murphyi''). These have been thought at times to be the same species, but are now recognized as separate species.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Poulin | first1 = E | last2 = Cárdenas | first2 = L | last3 = Hernández | first3 = CE | last4 = Kornfield | first4 = I | last5 = Ojeda | first5 = FP | year = 2004 | title = Resolution of the taxonomic status of Chilean and Californian jack mackerels using mitochondrial DNA sequence | journal = Journal of Fish Biology | volume = 65 | issue = 4| pages = 1160–1164 | doi = 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00514.x | bibcode = 2004JFBio..65.1160P }}</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! colspan="11"| Other mackerel species |- ! Family ! Common name ! Scientific name ! Maximum<br/>length ! Common<br/>length ! Maximum<br/>weight ! Maximum<br/>age ! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]] ! [[FishBase]] ! [[FAO]] ! [[IUCN|IUCN status]] |- | align="center" rowspan=1 |[[Scombridae]]<br /><small>''[[Gasterochisma]]''</small> | [[Butterfly mackerel]] | ''Gasterochisma melampus'' <small>[[John Richardson (naturalist)|Richardson]], 1845</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|164|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|50|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.4 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Gasterochisma | species = melampus | month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNgasterochisma>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B. |author2=Boustany, A. |author3=Carpenter, K.E. |author4=Di Natale, A. |author5=Fox, W. |author6=Graves, J. |author7=Juan Jorda, M. |author8=Miyabe, N. |author9=Nelson, R. |author10=Oxenford, H. |author11=Uozumi, Y. |date=2011 |title=''Gasterochisma melampus'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T170340A6756181 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170340A6756181.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="11" align="center" |[[Carangidae]]<br /><small>Jack mackerel</small><!-- Just species with mackerel in common name, not all in trachurus genus. Maybe make visible comment? --> | [[Mackerel scad|Mackerel Scad]] | ''Decapterus macarellus'' <small>(Culiver, 1833)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|46|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|30|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.0 | align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decapterus macarellus summary page |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Decapterus_macarellus.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=FishBase |language=en}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Decapterus macarellus"|page=e.T190117A115308983|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|year=2015|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Williams, J.T.|last3=Pina Amargos, F.|last4=Curtis, M.|last5=Brown, J.}}</ref> |- |[[Atlantic horse mackerel]] |''Trachurus trachurus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> | align="right"| {{cvt|70|cm}} | align="right"| {{cvt|22|cm}} | align="right"| {{cvt|2.0|kg}} | | align="center"| 3.64 | align="center"| <ref>{{FishBase|genus=Trachurus|species=trachurus|month=March|year=2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus trachurus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2306/en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716221543/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2306/en |archive-date=2018-07-16 |access-date=2012-03-02 |publisher=[[FAO]]}}</ref> |<small>[[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] Vulnerable</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Trachurus trachurus"|page=e.T198647A43157137|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F|year=2015|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Sidibe, A.|last3=Nunoo, F.|last4=Lindeman, K.|last5=Williams, A.B|last6=Quartey, R.|last7=Camara, K.|last8=Carpenter, K.E., Montiero, V., de Morais, L., Djiman, R., Sylla, M. & Sagna, A}}</ref> |- | [[Blue jack mackerel]] | ''T. picturatus'' <small>(Bowdich, 1825)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|60|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|25|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | 18 years | align="center" | 3.32 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = picturatus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name="IUCNmurphyi">{{Cite IUCN|title="Trachurus picturatus"|page=e.T198646A43156817|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|year=2025|access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> |- | [[Cape horse mackerel]] | ''T. capensis'' <small>(Castelnau, 1861)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|60|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|30|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 3.47 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = capensis | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus capensis'' (Castelnau, 1861) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3105/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171126111348/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3105/en | archive-date = 2017-11-26 | url-status = live}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Trachurus capensis"|page=e.T21113101A43156455|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|year=2018|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Carpenter, K.E|last3=Borsa, P.|last4=Obata, C.|last5=Yahya, S.|last6=Jiddawi, N.}}</ref> |- | [[Chilean jack mackerel]] | ''T. murphyi'' <small>(Nichols, 1920)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|70|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|45|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | 16 years | align="center" | 3.49 | align="center" |<ref name=FishBasemurphyi>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = murphyi | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref name=FAOmurphyi>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus murphyi'' (Nichols, 1920) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2309/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181015012246/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2309/en | archive-date = 2018-10-15 | url-status = live}}</ref> | [[File:DD IUCN 3 1.svg|DD IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Data deficient</small><ref name="IUCNmurphyi"/> |- | [[Cunene horse mackerel]] | ''T. trecae'' <small>(Cadenat, 1950)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|35|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|2.0|kg}} | align="right" | | align="center" | 3.49 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = trecae | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus trecae'' (Cadenat, 1949) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3106/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180724042410/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3106/en | archive-date = 2018-07-24 | url-status = live}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Trachurus trecae"|page=e.T21113110A43157620|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|year=2015|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Montiero, V.|last3=Camara, K.|last4=Sidibe, A.|last5=Sylla, M.}}</ref> |- | [[Greenback horse mackerel]] | ''T. declivis'' <small>(Jenyns, 1841)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|64|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|42|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | 25 years | align="center" | 3.93 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = declivis | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus declivis'' (Jenyns, 1841) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2313/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180330125236/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2313/en | archive-date = 2018-03-30 | url-status = live}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Trachurus declivis"|page=e.T20437665A67871520|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|year=2018|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Carpenter, K.E.|last3=Borsa, P.|last4=Jiddawi, N.|last5=Obota, C.|last6=Yahya, S.}}</ref> |- | [[Japanese horse mackerel]] | ''T. japonicus'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|50|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|35|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|0.66|kg}} | align="right" | 12 years | align="center" | 3.4 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = japonicus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus japonicus'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2308/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170730140855/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2308/en | archive-date = 2017-07-30 | url-status = live}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>[[File:NT IUCN 3 1.svg|NT IUCN 3 1.svg]] Near threatened</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Trachurus japonicus"|page=e.T20437783A67871570|last=Carpenter, K.E.|year=2018|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Jiddawi, N.|last3=Borsa, P.|last4=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|last5=Yahya, S.|last6=Obota, C.}}</ref> |- | [[Mediterranean horse mackerel]] | ''T. mediterraneus'' <small>(Steindachner, 1868)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|60|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|30|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 3.59 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = mediterraneus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Trachurus mediterraneus'' (Steindachner, 1868) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2311/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231000/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2311/en | archive-date = 2019-03-28 | url-status = live}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite journal |last=William F. Smith-Vaniz (??) |date=2013-05-10 |title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Trachurus mediterraneus |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198645/43156470 |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219185414/https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198645/43156470 |archive-date=2025-02-19}}</ref> |- | [[Pacific jack mackerel]] | ''T. symmetricus'' <small>(Ayres, 1855)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|81|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|55|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | 30 years | align="center" | 3.56 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = symmetricus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNsymmetricus>{{cite iucn |author=Smith-Vaniz, B. |author2=Robertson, R. |author3=Dominici-Arosemena, A. |date=2010 |title=''Trachurus symmetricus'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T183729A8166054 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183729A8166054.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Yellowtail horse mackerel]] | ''T. novaezelandiae'' <small>(Richardson, 1843)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|50|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|35|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | 25 years | align="center" | 4.5 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = novaezelandiae | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite iucn|title="Trachurus novaezelandiae"|page=e.T20437921A65928000|last=Smith-Vaniz, W.F.|year=2018|access-date=7 May 2025|last2=Borsa, P.|last3=Carpenter, K.E.|last4=Jiddawi, N.|last5=Obota, C.|last6=Yahya, S.}}</ref> |- | align="center" rowspan=5 |[[Gempylidae]]<br /><small>Snake mackerel</small> | [[Black snake mackerel]] | ''Nealotus tripes'' <small>(Johnson, 1865)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|25|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|15|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.2 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Nealotus | species = tripes | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bruce Collette (Smithsonian, USA) |last2=William F. Smith-Vaniz (??) |last3=Jeffrey Williams (National Museum of Natural History) |last4=Monique Curtis (National Environment & Planning Agency (Jamaica)) |last5=Lyda Marcela Grijalba Bendeck (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Programa de Biología Marina, GIPECA (Colombia)) |last6=Fabian Pina Amargos (Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros (CIEC) (Cuba)) |date=2012-08-22 |title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Nealotus tripes |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16509242/16510887 |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250129172510/https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16509242/16510887 |archive-date=2025-01-29}}</ref> |- | [[Blacksail snake mackerel]] | ''Thyrsitoides marleyi'' <small>(Fowler, 1929)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|200|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|100|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.19 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Thyrsitoides | species = marleyi | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | <small>Not assessed</small> |- | [[Snake mackerel]] | ''Gempylus serpens'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|100|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|60|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.35 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Gempylus | species = serpens | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bruce Collette (Smithsonian, USA) |last2=William F. Smith-Vaniz (??) |last3=Jeffrey Williams (National Museum of Natural History) |last4=Monique Curtis (National Environment & Planning Agency (Jamaica)) |last5=Lyda Marcela Grijalba Bendeck (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Programa de Biología Marina, GIPECA (Colombia)) |last6=Fabian Pina Amargos (Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros (CIEC) (Cuba)) |date=2012-08-23 |title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Gempylus serpens |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16509126/16510882 |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241228081803/https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16509126/16510882 |archive-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> |- | [[Violet snake mackerel]] | ''Nesiarchus nasutus'' <small>(Johnson, 1862)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|130|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|80|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 4.33 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Nesiarchus | species = nasutus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | <small>[[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] Least concern</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Nesiarchus nasutus |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18158583/21913493 |website=IUCN Redlist}}</ref> |- | [[White snake mackerel]] | ''Thyrsitops lepidopoides'' <small>(Cuvier, 1832)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|40|cm}} | align="right" | {{cvt|25|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="center" | 3.86 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Thyrsitops | species = lepidopoides | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | <small>Not assessed</small> |- | align="center" rowspan=2 |[[Hexagrammidae]] | [[Okhotsk atka mackerel]] | ''Pleurogrammus azonus'' <small>(Jordan & Metz, 1913)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|62|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|1.6|kg}} | align="right" | 12 years | align="center" | 3.58 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Pleurogrammus | species = azonus | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web | title = Species Fact Sheet: ''Pleurogrammus azonus'' (Jordan & Metz, 1913) | url = http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2534/en | publisher = [[FAO]] | access-date = 2012-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180214082907/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2534/en | archive-date = 2018-02-14 | url-status = live}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>Not assessed</small> |- | [[Atka mackerel]] | ''P. monopterygius'' <small>(Pallas, 1810)</small> | align="right" | {{cvt|56.5|cm}} | align="right" | | align="right" | {{cvt|2.0|kg}} | align="right" | 14 years | align="center" | 3.33 | align="center" |<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Pleurogrammus | species = monopterygius | month = March | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | | align="center" | <small>Not assessed</small> |} [[File:Van Gogh - Stillleben mit Makrelen, Zitronen und Tomaten.jpeg|thumb|right|Still life with mackerel, lemon and tomato, [[Van Gogh]], 1886]] The term "mackerel" is also used as a modifier in the common names of other fish, sometimes indicating the fish has vertical stripes similar to a scombroid mackerel: * [[Mackerel icefish]]—''Champsocephalus gunnari'' * [[Pacific saury|Mackerel pike]]—''Cololabis saira'' * [[Mackerel shark]]—several species * [[Shortfin mako shark]]—''Isurus oxyrinchus'' * [[Euthynnus affinis|Mackerel tuna]]—''Euthynnus affinis'' * [[Tamasaba|Mackerel tail goldfish]]—''Carassius auratus'' By extension, the term is applied also to other species such as the [[Tabby cat#Mackerel tabby|mackerel tabby cat]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Glossary of definitions of cat terms for the breeder | url = http://www.showcatsonline.com/x/glossary.shtml#M | publisher = Cats online | access-date = 2012-04-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190109122235/http://www.showcatsonline.com/x/glossary.shtml#M | archive-date = 2019-01-09 | url-status = live}}</ref> and to inanimate objects such as the [[altocumulus mackerel sky]] cloud formation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iazUAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154|page=154|title=Metereology of Clouds|author=Downing, L. L.|year=2013|publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781491804339}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Metereology Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Dx-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT153|first1=C. Donald |last1=Ahrens|first2= Robert|last2= Henson|year=2015|publisher=Cengage Learning|page=153|isbn = 9781305480629}}</ref> {{clear}}
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