Scomberomorus sinensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Scomberomorus
- Species
- Scomberomorus sinensis
- Scientific Name
- Scomberomorus sinensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chinese mackerel
The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River.
The largest of the Spanish mackerels, the largest Chinese Seerfish was 131 kg (289 lb), which was caught off the coast of Korea in 1982.
The fish is often confused for the Dogtooth tuna, but can be differentiated by the more curved lateral line and silver spots.
...Scomberomorus sinensis in languages:
- Chinese
- 中華馬鮫
- Chinese
- 中華鰆
- Danish
- Kinesisk kongemakrel
- English
- Chinese Seerfish
- French
- Thazard nébuleux
- Japanese
- ウシサワラ
- Japanese
- Ushi-sawara
- Korean
- 재방어
- Portuguese
- Serra-chinesa
- Russian
- Китайская макрель
- Russian
- Kitajskaya makrel
- Russian
- Krupnopyatnistaya makrel
- Russian
- тунец китайский
- Vietnamese
- Cá thu song
- Vietnamese
- Cá thu trung-hoa
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Scomberomorus brasiliensis
- Scomberomorus cavalla
- Scomberomorus commerson
- Scomberomorus concolor
- Scomberomorus guttatus
- Scomberomorus koreanus
- Scomberomorus lineolatus
- Scomberomorus maculatus
- Scomberomorus multiradiatus
- Scomberomorus munroi
- Scomberomorus niphonius
- Scomberomorus plurilineatus
- Scomberomorus queenslandicus
- Scomberomorus regalis
- Scomberomorus semifasciatus
- Scomberomorus sierra
- Scomberomorus sinensis
- Scomberomorus tritor