Editing Mackerel (section)

====Scombrini, the true mackerels====
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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"
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! 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>
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