Scomberis agenusofray-finned fishin thefamilyScombridaeliving in theopen oceanfound inAtlantic,IndianandPacific Ocean.[2]The genusScomberand the genusRastrelligercomprise thetribeScombrini,known as the "true mackerels". These fishes have an elongated body, highly streamlined, muscular and agile. The eyes are large, the head is elongated, with a big mouth provided with teeth. They have two triangulardorsal fins,with some stabilizing fins along thecaudal peduncle.The basic color is blue-green with a silvery white belly and a darker back, usually black mottled.
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| Scomber scombrus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Scombrini |
| Genus: | Scomber Linnaeus,1758 |
| Type species | |
| Scomber scombrus | |
Species
editThere are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Scomber australasicusG. Cuvier,1832(Blue mackerel)
- Scomber coliasJ. F. Gmelin,1789(Atlantic chub mackerel)
- Scomber indicusE. M. Abdussamad,Sukumaran&Ratheesh,2016(Indian chub mackerel)[3]
- Scomber japonicusHouttuyn,1782(Chub mackerel)
- Scomber scombrusLinnaeus,1758(Atlantic mackerel)
Fossil record
editFossilsof this genus are found from theOligoceneto thePleistocene(33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). They are known from various localities ofGermany,Italy,Romania,JapanandMexico.[4]Fossil species include:
- S. collettei(Bannikov and Erebakan, 2022) from the lowermostMiddle Mioceneof theKrasnodar Region.[5]
- S. cubanicus(Danil'chenko 1960) from the UpperOligoceneofKrasnodar Territory.[6]
- S. voitestii(Pauca 1929) from theMiddle Oligoceneof theCarpathianMeniliteslates.[7]
- S.sp. from the Middle-UpperMioceneof theKurasi FormationonSakhalin.[8]
References
edit- ^Sepkoski, J. J. Jr (2002):A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera.Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.
- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusScomber".FishBase.June 2016 version.
- ^Abdussamad, E.M., Sukumaran, S., Ratheesh, A.K.O., Koya, K.M., Koya, K.P.S., Rohit, P., Reader, S., Akhilesh, K.V. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (2016):Scomber indicus,a new species of mackerel (Scombridae: Scombrini) from Eastern Arabian Sea.Indian Journal of Fisheries, 63 (3): 1-10.
- ^Paleobiology Database: Fossilworks:ScomberLinnaeus, 1758.
- ^Bannikov, A. F.; Erebakan, I. G. (2022-10-01)."A New Species of Mackerel (Scomber, Scombroidei) from the Tarkhanian (Lowermost Middle Miocene) of the Northwestern Caucasus".Paleontological Journal.56(5):574–582.doi:10.1134/S0031030122050057.ISSN1555-6174.S2CID252717563.
- ^Danil£chenko, P. G. (1967).Bony Fishes of the Maikop Deposits of the Caucasus: Kostistye Ryby Maĭkopskikh Otlozheniĭ Kavkaza.Israel Program for Scientific Translations [available from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.] pp.161–163.
- ^Danil£chenko, P. G. (1967).Bony Fishes of the Maikop Deposits of the Caucasus: Kostistye Ryby Maĭkopskikh Otlozheniĭ Kavkaza.Israel Program for Scientific Translations [available from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.] p. 185.
- ^Nazarkin, M.V.; Bannikov, A.F. (2014-06-25)."Fossil mackerel (Actinopterygii: Scombridae: Scomber) from the Neogene of South-Western Sakhalin, Russia".Zoosystematica Rossica.23(1):158–163.doi:10.31610/zsr/2014.23.1.158.ISSN2410-0226.
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