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The
double-lined mackerel,
Grammatorcynus bilineatus, is a species in the family
ScombridaeScombridae is the family of the mackerels, tunas, and bonitos, and thus includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of about 55 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies...
. It is a commercial fish and is distributed from the
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to the
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, also from the northern coast of
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to the
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, as far as
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. It is mostly found in shallow waters.