Reef Fish

Narrow Barred Spanish Mackerel

mackerel-narrow-barred-spanishScientific Name: Scomberomorus commerson
Family: Tunas & Mackerels – Scombridae
Maximum Size: 235cm
Identification: Silvery; long slender body with dorsal and anal finlets; display numerous thin wavy-bars.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Pelagic, but occasionally pass near or over reefs.
Location: Indo-West Pacific – Red Sea to Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji, north to S.W. Japan.

24 January 2009 - Posted by | Mackerels |

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