Mediterranean horse mackerel

Mediterranean horse mackerel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Trachurus
Species: T. mediterraneus
Binomial name
Trachurus mediterraneus
(Steindachner, 1868)

The Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus) is a species of mackerel in the family Carangidae. The Mediterranean horse mackerel can be found in the eastern Atlantic from Bay of Biscay to Mauritania, including the Mediterranean Sea. In the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara, it is presented by subspecies T. m. ponticus. It is a benthopelagic subtropical marine fish, up to 60 cm in length. It is commercially fished.

Fisheries

Commercial capture of Mediterranean horse mackerel in tonnes from 1950 to 2009

References


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