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Atlantic Spanish Mackerel
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Atlantic Spanish Mackerel

Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAtlantic Spanish Mackerel
DutchGevlekte koningsmakreel
SpanishSierra común
Chinese椭斑马鲛
Scientific nameScomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815)

About this species

The Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) is a migratory species of mackerel that swims to the northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, and returns to southern Florida in the eastern Gulf, and to Mexico in the western Gulf in the fall.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyScombridae
GenusScomberomorus

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1954First record
1968Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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