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Grammatorycnus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836) 
AphiaID: 219711

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Grammatorycnus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836)
Rank Species
Parent Grammatorycnus accepted as Grammatorcynus Gill, 1862
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English double-lined mackerel  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Link To FishBase
Notes  Description: Found mostly in shallow reef waters where it forms large schools. Feeds on crustaceans and fishes, particularly clupeoids (@Sardinella@ and @Thrissocles@), but also other fishes such as @Sphyraena@ and @Balistes@. Marketed canned and frozen (Ref. 9684). Its flesh is mild and pleasantly flavoured, but brushed with lemon juice prior to cooking to remove the ammonia-like smell (Ref. 9684). [details]

Type species: Type species of genus. Spelling of genus follows Eschmeyer 1990. Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219711
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Grammatorycnus bilineatus. 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=219711 on 2013-05-18
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