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Scomber
Temporal range: Oligocene - Pleistocene
Blue mackerel, Scomber australasicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Scombrini
Genus: Scomber
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Scomber is a genus of ocean-dwelling mackerels in the family Scombridae.[1] [2]

The four species of Scomber together with the three species of Rastrelliger comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".

Fossil of Scomber japonicus from Pliocene of Italy

Species

FishBase lists four species:

Description

These fishes have an elongated body, highly streamlined, muscular and agile. The eyes are large, the head is elongated, with a big mouth provided with teeth. They have two dorsal triangular fins, with some stabilizing fins along the caudal peduncle. The basic color is blue-green with a silvery white belly and a darker back, usually black mottled.

Fossil record

Fossils of Scomber are found from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene (age range: from 33.9 to 1.806 million years ago.). They are known from various localities of Germany, Italy, Romania, Japan and Mexico. [3]

Bibliography

  • Collette, Bruce B., and Cornelia E. Nauen - Scombrids of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Tunas, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date - FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 2
  • Shiino, Sueo M. - List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations - Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
  • Tortonese E. Osteichthyes, Calderini, 1975

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scomber". FishBase. January 2006 version.
  2. ^ ITIS
  3. ^ Paleobiology Database


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