''Scomberomorus'' is a genus of
ray-finned bony fish in the
mackerel 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 butterf ...
. More specifically, it is a member of the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
Scomberomorini
Scomberomorini is a tribe of ray-finned saltwater bony fishes that is commonly known as the Spanish mackerels, seerfishes or seer fish. This fish closely resembles the King Mackerel. This tribe is a subset of the mackerel family (Scombridae) – ...
, commonly known as the
Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorini is a tribe of ray-finned saltwater bony fishes that is commonly known as the Spanish mackerels, seerfishes or seer fish. This fish closely resembles the King Mackerel. This tribe is a subset of the mackerel family (Scombridae) ...
s.
Species
''Scomberomorus'' includes 18 species:
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Serra Spanish mackerel
The Serra 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 th ...
, ''S. brasiliensis''
Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978
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King mackerel
The king mackerel (''Scomberomorus cavalla'') or kingfish, is a migratory species of mackerel of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It is an important species to both the commercial and recreational fishing industries.
Description
Th ...
, ''S. cavalla''
( Cuvier, 1829)
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Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus commerson'') is a mackerel of the family Scombridae found in a wide-ranging area in Southeast Asia, but as far west as the east coast of Africa and from the Middle East and along the northern coa ...
, ''S. commerson''
( Lacépède, 1800)
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Monterrey Spanish mackerel, ''S. concolor''
(Lockington, 1879)
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Indo-Pacific king mackerel, ''S. guttatus''
( Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Korean seerfish, ''S. koreanus''
(Kishinouye, 1915)
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Streaked seerfish
The streaked Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus lineolatus'') is found mainly in and around India, especially along the Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts. The peak season for fishing this fish is from October to December. It is also known by other na ...
, ''S. lineolatus''
(Cuvier, 1829)
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Atlantic Spanish mackerel
The Atlantic Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus maculatus'') is a migratory species of mackerels that swims to the Northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, returns to south Florida in the Eastern Gulf, and to Mexico in the Western Gulf in the fall.
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, ''S. maculatus''
(Couch, 1832)
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Papuan seerfish
The Papuan seerfish (''Scomberomorus multiradiatus'') also called the Papuan Spanish mackerel, is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. It is Endemism, endemic to the Gulf of Papua off the mouth of the Fly River. It is the smallest species ...
, ''S. multiradiatus''
Munro, 1964
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Australian spotted mackerel
The Australian spotted mackerel (''Scomberomorus munroi'') is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Common fork length ranges between 50 and 80 cm. Specimens have been recorded at up to 104 cm in length, and weighing up to 10.2&nb ...
, ''S. munroi''
Collette & Russo, 1980
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Japanese Spanish mackerel
The Japanese Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus niphonius''), also known as the Japanese seer fish, is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae). Their maximum reported length is 100 cm, and the maximum reported weight i ...
, ''S. niphonius''
(Cuvier, 1832)
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Kanadi kingfish
The Kanadi kingfish (''Scomberomorus plurilineatus'') is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, the mackerel family. Also known as the Kanadi seerfish, queen mackerel, or spotted mackerel, it is found in subtropical waters of ...
, ''S. plurilineatus''
Fourmanoir, 1966
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Queensland school mackerel, ''S. queenslandicus''
Munro, 1943
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, ''S. regalis''
(Bloch, 1793)
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Broadbarred king mackerel, ''S. semifasciatus''
(Macleay, 1883)
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Pacific sierra, ''S. sierra''
Jordan & Starks, 1895
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Chinese seerfish
The Chinese mackerel (''Scomberomorus sinensis''), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe (biology), tribe ...
, ''S. sinensis''
(Lacépède, 1800)
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West African Spanish mackerel, ''S. tritor''
(Cuvier, 1832)
As food
Scomberomorus are consumed in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
and
Chaoshan
Chaoshan or Teoswa (; peng'im: ''Dio5suan1'' i̯o˥˥꜖꜖.sũ̯ã˧˧ is a cultural-linguistic region in the east of Guangdong, China. It is the origin of the Min Nan Chaoshan dialect (). The region, also known as Chiushan in Cantonese, c ...
as ''Majiao Yu'' () or ''Tutuo Yu'' (), often prepared pan-fried or deep-fried and then served with
soup. In
Jiaodong Peninsula, they are known as ''Ba Yu'' () and used as fillings in
dumplings
Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources), oftentimes wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, buckwheat or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish ...
. In Japan, they are known as ''
Sawara'' () and often prepared grilled or as
Sashimi
is a Japanese delicacy consisting of fresh raw fish or meat sliced into thin pieces and often eaten with soy sauce.
Origin
The word ''sashimi'' means "pierced body", i.e. " 刺身" = ''sashimi'', where 刺 し = ''sashi'' (pierced, stu ...
.
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File:台南土魠魚羹 (14370940821).jpg, Scomberomorus soup in Tainan
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File:Mackerel-stuffed jiaozi in Qingdao (20191002202358).jpg, Ba Yu dumplings
Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources), oftentimes wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, buckwheat or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish ...
File:Sawara Saikyo-yaki.jpg, Sawara Saikyoyaki
References
External links
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Scombridae
Extant Thanetian first appearances
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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