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Serra Spanish Mackerel
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Serra Spanish Mackerel

Scomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSerra Spanish Mackerel
DutchSerramakreel
SpanishSerra
Chinese巴西马鲛
Scientific nameScomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978

About this species

The Sierra Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus brasiliensis) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Specimens have been recorded at up to 125 cm in length, and weighing up to 6.71 kg. It is found in the western Atlantic, along the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts of Central and South America from Belize to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Literature records for S. maculatus (Atlantic Spanish mackerel) from the area apply to S. brasiliensis, which has erroneously been considered a synonym of S. maculatus by many authors. It feeds on small fish, squid/cuttlefish, shrimp/prawn, and isopods.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyScombridae
GenusScomberomorus

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