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The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies.
Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes of jack family, Carangidae, commonly known as mackerel scads, round scads, or horse mackerel. They are found throughout the world. They are found throughout the world.
Alepes is a genus containing five extant and one extinct species. It is part of the jack family, the Carangidae are part of the order Carangiformes. [3] Recent phylogenetic studies using molecular information have placed Alepes in the subfamily Caranginae (or the tribe Carangini). [4]
The family contains many important commercial and game fish, notably the Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, and the other jack mackerels in the genus Trachurus. [ 2 ] Many genera have fairly extensive fossil records, particularly Caranx and Seriola , which extend into the early Paleogene (late Thanetian ), and are known from whole ...
The mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus), or speedo, is a species of fish of the family, Carangidae.While it can be considered gamefish, it is usually used as bait. [2] It is popular for consumption in Hawaiʻi, the Philippines and the U.A.E.
The razorbelly scad is classified in the scad genus Alepes, which is part of the jack family, Carangidae.The Carangidae are part of the order Carangiformes. [3]Like a number of other members of Alepes, the razorbelly scad suffers from a complicated taxonomic history, in which the species has been described and named no less than seven times, and has had three of those names reassigned to ...
The Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), also known as the European horse mackerel or common scad, is a species of jack mackerel in the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks, pompanos and trevallies. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off Europe and Africa and into the south-eastern Indian Ocean.
The bigeye scad or big-eyed scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) is a species of oceanic fish found in tropical regions around the globe. [2] Other common names include purse-eyed scad, goggle-eyed scad, akule, chicharro, charrito ojón, jacks, matang baka, mushimas and coulirou. [2]