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Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel
Image by Robbie N. Cada (former FishBase staff member) - License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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FISH FACTS |
Description
Head and upper body blue-grey to silver; numerous narrow wavy dark vertical bars along sides; caudal fin dusky yellowish in life; first dorsal fin with 15-18 spines; lateral line with an abrupt dip behind level of second dorsal-fin origin.
Matures in about 2 years by 89 cm total length. Spawns serially, mostly from October to November. Maximum age is about 17 years. Feeds on small fish and squid.
Author credit: Jeff Johnson / Queensland Museum
Habitat
Pelagic around coastal to offshore reefs.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Northern part of Australia, from Cape Naturaliste, WA to Cape Otway, Vic; temperate to tropical Indo-west Pacific.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Scombridae | | Genus: | Scomberomorus | | Species: | commerson | | Common Name: | Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel |
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