Atlantic Spanish mackerel

Atlantic Spanish mackerel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Scomberomorini
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species:
S. maculatus
Binomial name
Scomberomorus maculatus
(Mitchill, 1815)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber maculatus Mitchill, 1815
  • Cybium maculatum (Mitchill, 1815)

The Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) is a migratory species of mackerel that swims to the northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, returns to southern Florida in the eastern Gulf, and to Mexico in the western Gulf in the fall.

  1. ^ Collette, B.; Boustany, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; Fox, W.; Graves, J.; Juan Jorda, M.; Nelson, R.; Oxenford, H. (2011). "Scomberomorus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170323A6748550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170323A6748550.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Scomberomorus maculatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.