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Atlantic Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

Also known as: Blue Mackerel, Cape Horse Mackerel, Common Scad, European Horse Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Jack Mackerel, Pollock, Saurel, Scad, Western Horse Mackerel

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@spooky · Home, Norway · August 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found in large schools, over sandy substrates, in shallow, to very deep waters, of coastlines.

Jacks are fast swimming fish that can roam over great distances. The larger fish hunt other fish and the smaller fish eat zooplankton. In turn they are hunted by large Tuna and Dolphins.

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How to identify

Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 1
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Found in large schools, over sandy substrates, in shallow, to very deep waters, of coastlines.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCarangiformes
    5. familyCarangidae
    6. genusTrachurus
    7. speciesTrachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

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