Papuan seerfish

Papuan seerfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Scomberomorini
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species: S. multiradiatus
Binomial name
Scomberomorus multiradiatus
Munro, 1964

The Papuan seerfish, Scomberomorus multiradiatus, is a species of fish in the Scombridae family. It is endemic to the Gulf of Papua off the mouth of the Fly River. It is the smallest species in the genus Scomberomorus. Sexual maturity is attained at much less than 30 cm fork length. Its conservation status has not been evaluated by the IUCN.

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