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

) from the Indo-Pacific. 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 IUCN report annual landings in excess of 800,000 tonnes.

References

Rastrelliger Scombridae Fish described in 1967 {{Scombroidei-stub