Mackerel

Mackerel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Faimily:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Scombrini
Genus:	Scomber
Species:	S. scombrus
Binomial name
	Scomber scombrus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758; Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814; Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815; Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828; Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837; Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849; Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863

The mackerel (Scomber scombrus) is a speshies of fish found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, an the northren Atlantic Ocean, where it is extremely common an occurs in huge schools in the pelagic zone down about 200 m (660 ft).

References

↑ Collette, B.; Boustany, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Graves, J.; Juan Jorda, M.; Kada, O.; Nelson, R. & Oxenford, H. (2011). "Scomber scombrus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T170354A6764313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170354A6764313.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017. Cite uses deprecated parameter |last-author-amp= (help)