Australian spotted mackerel
The Australian spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus munroi) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Common fork length ranges between 50 and 80 cm. Specimens have been recorded at up to 104 cm in length, and weighing up to 10.2 kg. It is found in the western Pacific, along the northern coast of Australia, from the Abrolhos Islands region of Western Australia to Coffs Harbour and Kempsey in central New South Wales. It is also found in southern Papua New Guinea from Kerema to Port Moresby. It feeds largely on fishes, particularly anchovies and sardines, with smaller quantities of shrimps and squids. It is sometimes confused with Japanese Spanish mackerel, S. niphonius. Conservation status of the species has been evaluated as Near Threatened by the IUCN.[1] This species was described in 1980 and was previously confused with the Japanese Spanish mackerel of the north western Pacific but S. munroi has a different visceral structure, more vertebrae and fewer gill rakers.[2]
| Australian spotted mackerel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Scomberomorus |
| Species: | S. munroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980 | |
References
- Collette, B.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M. & Nelson, R. (2011). "Scomberomorus munroi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170330A6750789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170330A6750789.en.
- Bruce Collette & J.L. Russoe (1980). "Scomberomorus Munroi, A New Species of Spanish Mackerel from Australia and New Guinea". Marine and Freshwater Research. 31 (2): 241–250. doi:10.1071/MF9800241.
- "Scomberomorus brasiliensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Scomberomorus munroi" in FishBase. June 2009 version.
