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Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920

Chilean jack mackerel
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Peru country information

Common names: Furel, Horse mackerel, Inca scad
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off Peru (Ref. 27363). Caught with bottom and pelagic trawls, 10-290m (Ref. 44221). Also Ref. 4537, 8984, 27363.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kashkin, N.I., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chinchard du Chili, Jurel chileno, Ставрида перуанская, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Trachurus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Nichols.

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

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