genus Scomberomorus

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genus Scomberomorus - Spanish mackerels

Scomberomorus

fish genus - any of various genus of fish

family Scombridae, Scombridae - marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

Spanish mackerel - any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus

cavalla, king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, cero - large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil

Scomberomorus maculatus - a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America

cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis, kingfish - large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

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[11.] Collette BB, Russo JL (1979) An introduction to the Spanish mackerels Genus scomberomorus. Proceedings: Colloquium on the Spanish and king mackerel resources of the Gulf og Mexico.

Changing of Sea Surface Temperature Affects Catch of Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus Commerson in the Set-Net Fishery

The genus Scomberomorus is one of the most important and includes 18 species, of which two can be found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California: Scomberomorus sierra and Scomberomorus concolor (Collette and Nauen 1983).

Diet of the Pacific sierra Scomberomorus sierra (Perciformes: Scombridae) in two areas of north-west Mexico coast

Food of larvae of Spanish mackerels, genus Scomberomorus (Telostei: Scombridae), in shelf waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

Distribution, feeding condition, and growth of Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) larvae in the Seto Inland Sea