West African Spanish mackerel

Species of fish

West African Spanish mackerel

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Scombriformes
Family:  | Scombridae
Genus:  | Scomberomorus
Species:  |

S. tritor

Binomial name
Scomberomorus tritor

(Cuvier, 1832)

Synonyms[2]

* Cybium tritor Cuvier, 1832
* Apolectus immunis Bennett, 1831
* Scomberomorus argyreus Fowler, 1905

The West African Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus tritor) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae.

Specimens have been recorded at up to 100 cm in length, and weighing up to 6 kg. Coloration is bluish-green on the back fading to silvery on the sides marked with about 3 rows of vertically elongate orange spots.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic, along the Atlantic coasts of Africa from Canary Islands and Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea and Baía dos Tigres, Angola. It is rarely found in the northern Mediterranean Sea, along the coasts of France and Italy.

It forms school close to the shore. It feeds on small fishes, especially clupeoides like sardines and anchovies. S. tritor has been erroneously been considered as a synonym of S. maculatus by many authors.

## See also

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* Mackerel as food

## References

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1. ^ Collette, B.; Amorim, A.F.; Boustany, A.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus tritor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170326A6749128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170326A6749128.en. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scomberomorus tritor". FishBase. February 2018 version.

* "Scomberomorus tritor". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
* Scomberomorus tritor (Cuvier, 1832) Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas. Retrieved on 18 June 2009.

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Related|

* Mackerel as food
* Scombroid food poisoning

* Family Scombridae
* Subfamily Scombrinae

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Taxon identifiers

Scomberomorus tritor|

* Wikidata: Q1033172
* BioLib: 127162
* CoL: 4VTXW
* EUNIS: 124052
* FishBase: 141
* GBIF: 2374271
* iNaturalist: 188372
* IRMNG: 10155193
* ITIS: 172439
* IUCN: 170326
* NCBI: 99347
* OBIS: 127025
* Open Tree of Life: 266400
* Paleobiology Database: 352565
* WoRMS: 127025

Cybium tritor|

* Wikidata: Q107330269
* CoL: 32RZ3
* EUNIS: 121231
* GBIF: 2374279
* ITIS: 202035
* WoRMS: 317578

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