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Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782

127022  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127022)

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Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 331 [details]   
Description Schooling by size is well developed and initiates at approximately 3 cm. May also form schools with @Sarda chiliensis@,...  
Description Schooling by size is well developed and initiates at approximately 3 cm. May also form schools with @Sarda chiliensis@, @Trachurus symmetricus@ and @Sardinops sagax@ (Ref. 9340). Found near the surface of inshore and offshore waters (Ref. 11035). Feeds on copepods and other crustaceans, small pelagic fishes and squids. Eggs and larvae are pelagic. May migrate north during the summer and south during winter (to spawn) (Ref. 9340). Is preyed upon by tuna, marlins, other big fishes, sharks and pelicans (Ref. 9340). In St. Helena, generally captured at night when it moves near the surface to feed but occasionally caught during daytime in deep water. Also taken with encircling nets, set nets, beach seines and troll lines (Ref. 9340). Commercially cultured in Japan. Marketed fresh, frozen, smoked, salted and occasionally canned (Ref. 9684). Eaten fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127022 on 2024-03-19
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original description Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 331 [details]   

original description  (of Scomber saba Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Faunae ichthyologicae japonicae species novae. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 6 (no. 2): 395-426. [details]   

original description  (of Scomber pneumatophorus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Temminck, C.J.; Schlegel, H. (1844). Pisces. in Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium quae in itinere per Japoniam suscepto annis 1823-30 collegit, notis observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit P. F. de Siebold. Parts 5-6: 73-112. [details]   

original description  (of Scomber diego Ayres, 1856) Ayres, W. O. (1856). [Description of a new species of mackerel.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 92. [details]   

original description  (of Scomber janesaba Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Faunae ichthyologicae japonicae species novae. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 6 (no. 2): 395-426. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Schooling by size is well developed and initiates at approximately 3 cm. May also form schools with @Sarda chiliensis@, @Trachurus symmetricus@ and @Sardinops sagax@ (Ref. 9340). Found near the surface of inshore and offshore waters (Ref. 11035). Feeds on copepods and other crustaceans, small pelagic fishes and squids. Eggs and larvae are pelagic. May migrate north during the summer and south during winter (to spawn) (Ref. 9340). Is preyed upon by tuna, marlins, other big fishes, sharks and pelicans (Ref. 9340). In St. Helena, generally captured at night when it moves near the surface to feed but occasionally caught during daytime in deep water. Also taken with encircling nets, set nets, beach seines and troll lines (Ref. 9340). Commercially cultured in Japan. Marketed fresh, frozen, smoked, salted and occasionally canned (Ref. 9684). Eaten fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
Albanian skumbri i kaltërtkolo  [details]
Basque makarela  [details]
Catalan bis  [details]
Danish Spansk makrel  [details]
Dutch Spaanse makreel  [details]
English Spanish mackerelPacific chub mackerelchub mackerelAtlantic chub mackerel  [details]
French maquereaux blancmaquereau espagnol  [details]
German Spanische MakreleMittelmeer MakreleJapanische Makrele  [details]
Hebrew קוליס כל-ימי  [details]
Icelandic spænskur makríll  [details]
Italian scombro cavallolanzardo  [details]
Japanese マサバ  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κολιός  [details]
Norwegian Spansk makrell  [details]
Portuguese cavala  [details]
Russian Японская (восточная, тихоокеанская) скумбрияСкумбрия японская  [details]
Spanish macarela estorninoestornino  [details]
Swedish Spansk makrill  [details]
Turkish kolyoz  [details]
Ukrainian Скумбрія японська  [details]
Welsh macrell Sbaen  [details]