Description

Also known as Blue Mackerel, Faughn's Mackerel, Indian Mackerel.

Found in schools, in the sunlit areas of the continental shelf, around islands. Highly commercial and usually caught in drift nets.
They feed on large zooplankton.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 0-150m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

Scombridae are some of the fastest swimmers in the ocean with their streamlined bodies and retractable fins cruising the open seas of the world for their food.
Tunas and Mackerels form the basis of the worlds largest fishing industry. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/110