The streaked Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus lineolatus'') is found mainly in and around

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

, especially along the Maharashtra and

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

coasts. The peak season for fishing this fish is from October to December. It is also known by other names, such as streaked seer, ''hazard'' (French), ''sawara'', and ''carite'' (Spanish). It is found off Asian coasts from the west coast of India and Sri Lanka east to

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and does not extend east of

Wallace's Line The Wallace Line or Wallace's Line is a faunal boundary line drawn in 1859 by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and named by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley that separates the biogeographical realms of Asia and Wallacea, a tran ...

. It is an important quarry species for fisheries where it occurs.

References

* Commercial fish Fish described in 1829 Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Scomberomorus {{Scombroidei-stub