''Rastrelliger'' is a
mackerel
Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment.
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genus in the family
Scombridae. The three species of ''Rastrelliger'' together with the four species of ''
Scomber'' comprise the
tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".
Species
The three species which comprise ''Rastrelliger'' are:
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Rastrelliger brachysoma
The short mackerel or shortbodied mackerel (''Rastrelliger brachysoma'') is a species of mackerel in the family Scombridae. Its habitat is the shallow waters of Southeast Asia and Melanesia, feeding mainly on small zooplankton. It is of major im ...
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( Bleeker, 1851) (short mackerel)
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Rastrelliger faughni
The island mackerel (''Rastrelliger faughni'') is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae) from the Indo-Pacific. Their maximum reported length is 20 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 0.75 kg.
While the FAO r ...
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Matsui, 1967 (island mackerel)
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Rastrelliger kanagurta
The Indian mackerel (''Rastrelliger kanagurta'') is a species of mackerel in the scombrid family (family Scombridae) of order Perciformes. It is commonly found in the Indian and West
Pacific oceans, and their surrounding seas. It is an impor ...
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(Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...
, 1816) (Indian mackerel)
References
External links
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Edwin Chapin Starks
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