The , Scomberomorus tritor, is a species of fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 in 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...

. Specimens have been recorded at up to 100 cm in length, and weighing up to 6 kg. Coloration is bluish-green on the back fading to silvery on the sides marked with about 3 rows of vertically elongate orange spots.
It is found in the eastern Atlantic, along the Atlantic coasts of Africa

Africa

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 from Canary Islands

Canary Islands

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 and Senegal

Senegal

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 to the Gulf of Guinea

Gulf of Guinea

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 and Baía dos Tigres

Baia dos Tigres

Baia dos Tigres is the largest island of Angola. It is situated in the Namibe Province. Its area is 98 km²....

, Angola

Angola

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. It is rarely found in the northern Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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, along the coasts of France

France

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 and Italy

Italy

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. It forms school close to the shore. It feeds on small fishes, especially clupeoides

Clupeoides

Clupeoides is a genus of sprats that occur in rivers in Southeast Asia. There are currently four recognized species in the genus.-Species:* Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker, 1851...

 like sardines and anchovies. S. tritor has been erroneously been considered as a synonym of S. maculatus

Atlantic Spanish mackerel

The Atlantic Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus, is a migratory species of mackerel that swimsto the northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, returns to south Florida in the eastern gulf, and to Mexico in the western gulf in the fall.-Description:...

by many authors.