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Bony fish

Island Mackerel

Rastrelliger faughni

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

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2023
Adult
@bellmyr · South of thailand - Marine Water, Thailand · February 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found in schools, in the sunlit areas of the continental shelf, around islands. Highly commercial and usually caught in drift nets.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
LIVES IN

Found in schools, in the sunlit areas of the continental shelf, around islands.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderScombriformes
    5. familyScombridae
    6. genusRastrelliger
    7. speciesRastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967

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    More in the family

    Mackerels-Tunas-Bonitos (Scombridae)