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Chub mackerel

Order Perciformes

Family Scombridae

Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Elongated, rounded body; fatty eyelid covering nearly all of eye; teeth at front and sides of roof of mouth; 2 well separated dorsal fins; distance between the 2 dorsals less than length of base of first dorsal fin; 5 finlets after second dorsal and anal fins; pectoral fins high; tail deeply forked; two small keels on each side of the slender tail base; lateral line simple; entire body covered with small scales. Silver; back with blackish, oblique wavy lines; no spotted lines on belly. Size: attains 64 cm.

Characteristics

FAO code
MAS

Specie
Scomber japonicus

Type
Blue fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 51: the Western part of the Indian Ocean
Area 57: the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean
Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 67: the Northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 71: the Western Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 81: the Southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 87: the Southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean

Fishing seasons

apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov

International denominations

Germany Spanische Makrele

France Maquereau espagnol

Italy Sgombro cavallo

Portugal Cavala

United Kingdom Chub mackerel

Japan Masaba

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