Island mackerel
| Island mackerel | |
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| Island mackerel in a fish market in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Suborder: | Scombroidei |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
| Tribe: | Scombrini |
| Genus: | Rastrelliger |
| Species: | R. faughni |
| Binomial name | |
| Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967 | |
The island mackerel (Rastrelliger faughni) is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae) from the Indo-Pacific.[2] Their maximum reported length is 20 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 0.75 kg.[3]
While the FAO report no commercial landings of island mackerel,[4] the IUCN report annual landings in excess of 800,000 tonnes.[1]
References
- ^ a b Collette, B.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M.; Nelson, R. (2011). "Rastrelliger faughni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170324A6748697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170324A6748697.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rastrelliger faughni". FishBase. March 2012 version.
- ^ Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967 FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
