CaRMS taxon details
Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829)
159340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159340)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 200 [details]
page(s): 200 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to São Paulo, Brazil; as strays to the southern Gulf of Maine
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to São Paulo, Brazil; as strays to the southern Gulf of Maine [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159340 on 2025-05-08
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159340 on 2025-05-08
original description
(of ) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 200 [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 (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]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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]
page(s): 200 [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 (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]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds primarily on fishes with smaller quantities of penaeid shrimps and squids [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to São Paulo, Brazil; as strays to the southern Gulf of Maine [details]
Habitat Often found in outer reef areas. Larvae are encountered in surface waters of 26.3° to 31°C and 26.9 to 35 ppt. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Highly commercial, fishery and gamefish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | koningsmakreel | [details] |
| English | king mackerelking mackeralcavalla | [details] |
| French | thazard barré | [details] |
| German | Königsmakrele | [details] |
| Spanish | carito | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (63 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scomberomorus cavalla)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Scomberomorus cavalla, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus cavalla RAD111887-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus cavalla RAD111887-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scomberomorus cavalla)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Scomberomorus cavalla, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus cavalla RAD111887-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus cavalla RAD111887-001)
To ITIS
