| Kanadi kingfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
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NE
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Scomberomorus |
| Species: | S. plurilineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scomberomorus plurilineatus Fourmanoir, 1966 |
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The Kanadi kingfish, Scomberomorus plurilineatus, is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. It is found in subtropical waters of the western Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Kenya and Zanzibar to South Africa and along the west coast of Madagascar. Kanadi kingfish commonly occur in depths of 50 to 200 m. Specimens have been recorded at up to 120 cm in length, and weighing up to 12.5 kg. They feed mainly on small fishes such as anchovies and clupeids, squids, and mantis shrimps.