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Blue jack mackerel

The blue jack mackerel is a species of mackerel-like fish in the family Carangidae. Their maximum reported length is 60 cm, with a common length of 25 cm. They are coastal fish found at depths to 370 m off the Bay of Biscay to south Morocco and the western Mediterranean.

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Blue jack mackerel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Carangoidei
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Trachurus
Species:
T. picturatus
Binomial name
Trachurus picturatus
(S. Bowdich, 1825)
Synonyms2

Trachurus suareus (Risso in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833)

The blue jack mackerel (Trachurus picturatus) is a species of mackerel-like fish in the family Carangidae.2 Their maximum reported length is 60 cm, with a common length of 25 cm. They are coastal fish found at depths to 370 m off the Bay of Biscay to south Morocco and the western Mediterranean.3

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