Island mackerel
Island mackerel | |
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Island mackerel in a fish market in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Suborder: | Scombroidei |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Scombrini |
Genus: | Rastrelliger |
Species: | R. faughni |
Binomial name | |
Rastrelliger faughni (Matsui, 1967) | |
The island mackerel (Rastrelliger faughni) is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae) from the Indo-Pacific.[2] Their maximum reported length is 20 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 0.75 kg.[3]
While the FAO report no commercial landings of island mackerel,[4] the IUCN report annual landings in excess of 800,000 tonnes.[5]
References
- ↑ Collette, B.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M. & Nelson, R. (2011). "Rastrelliger faughni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T170324A6748697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170324A6748697.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ↑ "Rastrelliger faughni (Matsui, 1967)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rastrelliger faughni" in FishBase. March 2012 version.
- ↑ Rastrelliger faughni (Matsui, 1967) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ Collette B; et al. (2011). "Rastrelliger faughni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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