The island mackerel (''Rastrelliger faughni'') is a species of true

mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

in the scombrid family (

Scombridae The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies. All species are in the subfamily Scombrinae, except the butterfly ...

) from the

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

. Their maximum reported length is 20 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 0.75 kg. While the

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report no commercial landings of island mackerel,''Rastrelliger faughni'' (Matsui, 1967)
FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 2 March 2012. the

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report annual landings in excess of 800,000 tonnes.

References

Rastrelliger Scombridae Fish described in 1967 {{Scombroidei-stub