Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (species: Scomberomorus commerson) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Scomberomorus commerson
Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel


©Anne Hoggett: Scomberomorus commerson at Hicks Reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Scombridae
Genus Scomberomorus
Species Scomberomorus commerson

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Colours

         

Distinguishing features

A large powerful mackerel, blue above, sides silver with many narrow wavy blue bars.The single lateral line bends downward abruptly behind the second dorsal fin.

Size

  • Up to 240 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

  • Bray, R.A., T.H. Cribb and S.C. Barker (1993). Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Systematic Parasitology, 25: 37-62. LIRS catalog number 484.
  • Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.
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