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Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae
Scombridae

Scombridae 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....
. They occur in all tropical and temperate seas. Most live offshore in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus), enter bays and can be caught near bridges and piers. Common features of mackerels are a slim, cylindrical shape (as opposed to the tuna
Tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tunas are fast swimmers?they have been clocked at 70 km/h ?and include several species that are warm-blooded....
s which are deeper bodied) and numerous finlets on the dorsal
Dorsum (biology)

In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright....
 and ventral sides behind the dorsal
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
 and anal fins.






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Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae
Scombridae

Scombridae 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....
. They occur in all tropical and temperate seas. Most live offshore in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus), enter bays and can be caught near bridges and piers. Common features of mackerels are a slim, cylindrical shape (as opposed to the tuna
Tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tunas are fast swimmers?they have been clocked at 70 km/h ?and include several species that are warm-blooded....
s which are deeper bodied) and numerous finlets on the dorsal
Dorsum (biology)

In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright....
 and ventral sides behind the dorsal
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
 and anal fins. The scales are extremely small, if present. The largest species called "mackerel" is the king mackerel
King mackerel

The king mackerel is a migratory species of mackerel that lives its entire life in the open waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico....
 (Scomberomorus cavalla) which can grow to 66 inches (1.68 m). A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at a time.

Shearwater
Shearwater

Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. There are more than 30 species of shearwaters, a few larger ones in the genus Calonectris and many smaller species in the genus Puffinus....
, tuna
Tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tunas are fast swimmers?they have been clocked at 70 km/h ?and include several species that are warm-blooded....
, dolphin
Dolphin

File:Bottlenose_Dolphin_KSC04pd0178.jpgDolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genus....
s, whale
Whale

Whales are marine mammals of order Cetacea which are neither dolphinsmembers, in other words, of the families Oceanic dolphin or River dolphinnor porpoises....
s, orca
Orca

The Killer Whale or Orca , less commonly, Blackfish or Seawolf, is the largest species of the dolphin family. It is found in all the world's oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctica regions to warm, tropical seas....
, seagulls, marlin
Marlin

Marlin, Istiophoridae, is a member of a group of marine fish known as "billfish", and is closely linked to the freshwater trout. A marlin has an elongated body, a spear-like snout, and a long rigid dorsal fin, which extends forwards to form a crest....
s, shark
Shark

Sharks are a type of fish with a full Cartilage skeleton and a highly Streamlines, streaklines and pathlinesd body. They respire with the use of five to seven gill slits....
s, and human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
s may hunt mackerels. Mackerels are prized (and are highly harvested) for their meat, which is often very oily. They are known for their fighting ability, and are an important recreational and commercial fishery. The meat can spoil quickly, especially in the tropics, causing scombroid food poisoning - it must be eaten on the day of capture, unless cured
Curing (food preservation)

Curing refers to various food preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of edible salt, sugar, nitrates or nitrite....
. For this reason, mackerel is the only common salt-cured sushi
Sushi

In Japanese cuisine, is vinegared rice, usually topped with other ingredients, including fish dishes. In Japan, sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi and is distinct from sushi, as sashimi is the raw fish component, not the rice component....
. Mackerel fishery is well established in India, the species caught is usually Rastrelliger kanagurta.

Species whose common name includes "mackerel"

Family Scombridae
Scombridae

Scombridae 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....
  • Atlantic mackerel
    Atlantic mackerel

    The Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus, is a pelagic schooling species of mackerel found on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. The species is also called Boston mackerel, or just mackerel....
     Scomber scombrus
  • Atlantic chub mackerel, Scomber colias
  • Atlantic Spanish mackerel
    Atlantic Spanish mackerel

    The Atlantic Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus, is a migratory species of mackerel that swimsto northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, return to south Florida in eastern gulf, and to Mexico in western gulf in fall....
     Scomberomorus maculatus
  • Blue mackerel
    Blue mackerel

    The blue mackerel, Japanese mackerel, Pacific mackerel, slimy mackerel, or spotted chub mackerel, Scomber australasicus, a fish of the family Scombridae, is found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden, in surface waters down to 200 m ....
     Scomber australasicus
  • Broadbarred king mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus
  • Chub mackerel
    Chub mackerel

    The chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, also known as the Pacific mackerel or blue mackerel and sometimes referred to as a "hardhead" or "bullseye", closely resembles the Atlantic mackerel....
     Scomber japonicus
  • Australian spotted mackerel Scomberomorus munroi
  • Double-lined mackerel
    Double-lined mackerel

    The double-lined mackerel, Grammatorcynus bilineatus, is a species in the family Scombridae. It is a commercial fish and is distributed from the Red Sea to the Andaman Sea, also from the northern coast of Australia to the Ryukyu Islands, as far as Fiji....
     Grammatorcynus bilineatus
  • Happened mackerel Happundreus maculatus
  • Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta
  • Indo-Pacific king mackerel
    Indo-Pacific king mackerel

    Indo-Pacific king mackerel or popularly seer fish is a sea fish among the mackerel variety of fishes. It is found in around the Indian ocean and adjoining seas....
     Scomberomorus guttatus
  • Indo-Pacific mackerel Rastrelliger neglectus
  • Short(-bodied) mackerel Rastrelliger brachysoma
  • Island mackerel Rastrelliger faughni
  • Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius
  • King mackerel
    King mackerel

    The king mackerel is a migratory species of mackerel that lives its entire life in the open waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico....
     Scomberomorus cavalla
  • Streaked Spanish mackerel
    Streaked Spanish mackerel

    The streaked Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus lineolatus, is found mainly in and around India especially abundant along Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts....
     Scomberomorus lineolatus
  • Spotted Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus guttus


Family...... Carangidae
Carangidae

Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, and scads.They are marine fish found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
  • Atlantic horse mackerel
    Atlantic horse mackerel

    The Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus is a species of mackerel in the family Carangidae. It gets its common name from the legend that other smaller species of fish could ride on the back of it over great distances....
     Trachurus trachurus
  • Blue jack mackerel Trachurus picturatus
  • Cape horse mackerel Trachurus capensis
  • Cunene horse mackerel Trachurus trecae
  • Greenback horse mackerel
    Greenback horse mackerel

    The greenback horse mackerel or greenback scad, Trachurus declivis, is a species of Jack in the family Carangidae, found around southern Australia, and around New Zealand, from the surface to depths of 460 m....
     Trachurus declivis
  • Japanese horse mackerel Trachurus japonicus
  • Mediterranean horse mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus
  • Pacific jack mackerel
    Pacific jack mackerel

    The Pacific jack mackerel,Trachurus symmetricus , is an abundant species of pelagic marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is distributed along the western coast of North America, ranging from Alaska in the north to the Gulf of California in the south, inhabiting both offshore and inshore environments....
     Trachurus symmetricus


Family Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammidae

The family of marine fishes Hexagrammidae incorporates the greenlings. These fish are found on the continental shelf in the temperate or subarctic waters of the Pacific Ocean....
  • Lingcod
    Lingcod

    The lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, is a fish of the greenling family Hexagrammidae. It is the only member of the genus Ophiodon.It is native to the North American west coast from Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California, Mexico....
     Ophiodon elongatus
  • Painted greenling
    Painted greenling

    The painted greenling, Oxylebius pictus, is a marine fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Kodiak Island, Alaska to central Baja California....
    , Oxylebius pictus
  • Arabesque greenling
    Arabesque greenling

    The Arabesque greenling is a species of mackerel used in Japanese cuisine.The primary population of the fish is found off of the Sea of Okhotsk....
     Pleurogrammus azonus
  • Atka mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius


Family Gempylidae
  • Black snake mackerel Nealotus tripes
  • Blacksail snake mackerel Thyrsitoides marleyi
  • Snake mackerel
    Snake mackerel

    Snake mackerel are perciform fishes in the family Gempylidae.They are elongate fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin, usually with one or finlets trailing it....
     Gempylus serpens
  • Violet snake mackerel Nesiarchus nasutus
  • White snake mackerel Thyrsitops lepidopoides


Use as an adjective

"Mackerel" is also used as an adjective in the vernacular names of other animals or breeds thereof, often used to indicate types with a mackerel-like pattern of vertical stripes:

  • Mackerel icefish - Champsocephalus gunnari
  • Mackerel pike - Cololabis saira
  • Mackerel scad
    Mackerel scad

    The Mackerel scad, Decapterus macarellus, is a species of fish of the family , Carangidae. While Mackerel scad are considered sportfishing, they are usually used as baitfish....
     - Decapterus macarellus
  • Mackerel shark - several species
  • Sharp-nose mackerel shark - Isurus oxyrinchus
  • Mackerel trevalla - Seriolella punctata
  • Mackerel tuna - Euthynnus affinis
  • Mackerel tabby cat
    Tabby cat

    The tabby cat has a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots, or swirling patterns. Tabbies are sometimes erroneously assumed to be a Cat breeds of cat....
     - Felis silvestris catus
  • Mackerel Tail Goldfish
    Tamasaba

    The Tamasaba or Sabao is an uncommon Japanese variety of goldfish with a body shaped similar to the Ryukin and a very long, flowing, single tail that is similar to that of a mackerel, hence its other name, Mackerel Tail....
     - Carassius auratus


External links

  • - UK Mackerel