Chinese mackerel
Appearance
Chinese mackerel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Tribe: | Scomberomorini |
Genus: | Scomberomorus |
Species: | S. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800)
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The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Collette, B.; Chang, S.-K.; Di Natale, A.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus sinensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170346A6760678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170346A6760678.en.
- ^ "Scomberomorus sinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Scomberomorus sinensis" in FishBase. February 2018 version.