''Scomberomorus'' is a genus of
ray-finned bony fish
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in the
mackerel
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family,
Scombridae
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. More specifically, it is a member of the
tribe
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Scomberomorini
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, commonly known as the
Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorini is a tribe of ray-finned, saltwater, bony fishes that is commonly known as Spanish mackerels, seerfishes, or seer fish. This tribe is a subset of the mackerel family (Scombridae), which it shares with four sister tribes, the tu ...
s.
Species
''Scomberomorus'' includes 19 species:
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Arabian sparrow seer, ''S. avirostrus''
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Serra Spanish mackerel, ''S. brasiliensis''
Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978
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King mackerel, ''S. cavalla''
(Cuvier
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, 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
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& Schneider, 1801)
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Korean seerfish, ''S. koreanus''
(Kishinouye, 1915)
* ''
S. leopardus''
(Shaw, 1803)[
* ]Streaked seerfish
The streaked Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus lineolatus''), also known as the queen mackerel, streaked seer, or streaked seerfish'','' is a species of Spanish mackerel found in the Indian Ocean.
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, ''S. lineolatus'' (Cuvier, 1829)
* Atlantic Spanish mackerel, ''S. maculatus'' (Couch, 1832)
* Papuan seerfish, ''S. multiradiatus'' Munro, 1964
* Australian spotted mackerel, ''S. munroi'' Collette & Russo, 1980
* Japanese Spanish mackerel, ''S. niphonius'' (Cuvier, 1832)
* Kanadi kingfish, ''S. plurilineatus'' Fourmanoir, 1966
* Queensland school mackerel, ''S. queenslandicus'' Munro, 1943
* , ''S. regalis'' (Bloch, 1793)
* Broadbarred king mackerel, ''S. semifasciatus'' (Macleay, 1883)
* Pacific sierra, ''S. sierra'' Jordan & Starks, 1895
* Chinese seerfish, ''S. sinensis'' (Lacépède, 1800)
* West African Spanish mackerel, ''S. tritor'' (Cuvier, 1832)
The following fossil species are also known:Ypresian
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) of Turkmenistan
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* †'' Scomberomorus saevus'' Bannikov, 1982 - late Eocene (Priabonian
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) of Kazakhstan
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The fossil species ''S. bartonensis'' ( Woodward, 1901) and ''S. excelsus'' (Woodward, 1901) from the early Eocene-aged London Clay
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are known from non-diagnostic material and thus their status as distinct species is uncertain, although they are at least considered a representative of the genus as ''Scomberomorus'' "sp. 1".Early Miocene
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of Malta
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As food
''Scomberomorus'' are consumed in Taiwan
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and Chaoshan
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as ''Majiao Yu'' () or ''Tutuo Yu'' (), often prepared pan-fried or deep-fried and then served with soup
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. In Jiaodong Peninsula
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The waters b ...
, they are known as ''Ba Yu'' () and used as fillings in dumplings
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. In Japan, they are known as '' Sawara'' () and often prepared grilled or as Sashimi
is a Japanese cuisine, Japanese delicacy consisting of fresh raw fish or Raw meat, meat sliced into thin pieces and often eaten with soy sauce.
Origin
The word ''sashimi'' means 'pierced body', i.e., "wikt:刺身, 刺身" = ''sashimi'', whe ...
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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
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File:Sawara Saikyo-yaki.jpg, Sawara Saikyoyaki
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References
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Scombridae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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Extant Ypresian first appearances