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Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800)

Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
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Israel country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard, 2002
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard, 2002
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: A lessepsian migrant. First recorded in 1935 (Ref. 12821), remained rare for sometime but by the end of the 1990's has become the most common species among the large scombrids in trammel nets and longline alonqg the Mediterranean (Ref. 93649).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Por, F.D., 1978
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Thazard rayé indo-pacifique, Carite estriado Indo-Pacífico, Katonkel barracuda kuda, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomberomorus: Latin, scomber = mackerel + Greek, moros = silly, stupid (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 70 m (Ref. 12260).   Tropical; 39°N - 41°S, 7°W - 170°W (Ref. 54880)

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