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Scomber australasicus  Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172415

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Scomber tapeinocephalus Bleeker, 1854
  
  Common Name(s): blue mackerel [English]
  
    caballa pintoja [Spanish]
  
    Japanese mackerel [English]
  
    macarela pintoja [Spanish]
  
    maquereau tacheté [French]
  
    slimy mackerel [English]
  
    spotted chub mackerel [English]
  
    spotted mackerel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                         OrderPerciformes  -- perch-like fishes  
                            SuborderScombroidei  -- albacores, bonites, bonitos, germons, mackerels, maquereaux, ribbonfishes, thons, tunas  
                               FamilyScombridae  -- albacores, bonitos, macarelas, mackerels, maquereaux, tunas  
                                  SubfamilyScombrinae Bonaparte, 1831  
                                     TribeScombrini Bonaparte, 1831 -- mackerels  
                                        GenusScomber Linnaeus, 1758 -- mackerels  
                                           SpeciesScomber australasicus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- blue mackerel, caballa pintoja, Japanese mackerel, macarela pintoja, maquereau tacheté, slimy mackerel, spotted chub mackerel, spotted mackerel  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scomber australasicus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Scomber australasicus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., and Cornelia E. Nauen  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scombrids of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Tunas, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 137   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-101381-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scomber australasicus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., Carol Reeb, and Barbara A. Block / Barbara A. Block and E. Donald Stevens, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of the Tunas and Mackerels (Scombridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fish Physiology, vol. 19: Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution   
  Page(s): 1-33   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: San Diego, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-350443-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scomber australasicus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Scomber australasicus, macarela pintoja, spotted chub mackerel   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21   
  Page(s): 243   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-54-7, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scomber australasicus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Scomber australasicus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
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