Chinese mackerel
| Chinese mackerel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Scomberomorini |
| Genus: | Scomberomorus |
| Species: | S. sinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800) | |
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The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis) also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River.[3]
References
- ↑ Collette B; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Scomberomorus sinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Scomberomorus sinensis" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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