Double-lined mackerel

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Double-lined mackerel

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Grammatorcynus
Species: G. bilineatus
Binomial name
Grammatorcynus bilineatus
(Rüppell, 1836)

The double-lined mackerel, Grammatorcynus bilineatus, is a species in the family Scombridae. It is a commercial fish and is distributed from the Red Sea to the Andaman Sea, also from the northern coast of Australia to the Ryukyu Islands, as far as Fiji. It is mostly found in shallow waters.

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