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WoRMS taxon details
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 127023
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
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Scomber Linnaeus, 1758
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| Parent | | Scomber Linnaeus, 1758 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814
Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849
Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863
Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815
Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837
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original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 297 [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details]
additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]
additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]
additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 297 [details]
from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]
from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon]
context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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Vernacular Names | | |
All child taxa [hide all] | | Subspecies Scomber scombrus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details]
Black Sea [details]
British Isles [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
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| Host of | |
Nothobomolochus scomberesocis (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Advena paradoxa (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellisa scombri (Kurz, 1877) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nothobomolochus chilensis Avdeev, 1974 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellopsis paradoxa (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Kabatazus paradoxus (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (570 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (378 nucleotides; 259 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Feeds on plankton, amphipods, euphausiids, shrimps, small squid and crab and fish larvae [details]
Distribution: Labrador to Cape Lookout, N.C. [details]
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat: Pelagic species found to depths of 200 m, overwinter near bottoms, move upward in spring. [details]
Habitat: nektonic [details]
Importance: Social- Highly commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators: Porbeagles, dogfish, Atlantic cod, bluefin tuna, swordfish, porpoises and harbour seals [details]
Reproduction: Spawn from mid June to mid July, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers, pelagic eggs and larvae [details]
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| Images | |
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-09-14 - author: VLIZ (Decleer) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gilson (1921, fig. 33) added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Olsen (1883, kaart 13) added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 180) added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Day) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Scomber scombrus added on 2008-12-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Scomber scombrus added on 2008-12-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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[image from synonym] Scomber scomber added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: not checked |
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Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans qualitystatus: not checked |
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Scomber scombrus - mackerel (juvenile) added on 2011-02-15 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: not checked |
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Scomber scombrus added on 2011-03-04 - author: VLIZ (Decleer) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Scomber scombrus - larva added on 2011-05-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jean-François St-Pierre ( ) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gilis (1942, figuur 13) added on 2012-07-25 - author: Anoniem in Gilis (1942) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gilis (1942, figuur 14) added on 2012-07-25 - author: Anoniem in Gilis (1942) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127023 |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127023 on 2013-05-21 |
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