Chilean jack mackerel

Chilean jack mackerel
A school of about 400 tons of Chilean jack mackerel encircled by a purse seine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Trachurus
Species:
T. murphyi
Binomial name
Trachurus murphyi
Nichols, 1920
  Estimated distribution
Synonyms[2]
  • Caranx peruanus Tschudi, 1846
  • Trachurus peruanus (Tschudi, 1846)

The Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi), sometimes called the Jurel, Inca scad or Peruvian jack mackerel, is a species of jack mackerel in the genus Trachurus of the family Carangidae.[3] Since the 1970s, it has become one of the world's more important commercial fish species.[4] High volumes have been harvested, but the fishery may now be in danger of collapsing.[5][6]

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Dominici-Arosemena, A. (2010). "Trachurus murphyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183965A8207652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183965A8207652.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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  3. ^ "Trachurus murphyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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