Island mackerel | |
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Island mackerel in a fish market in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Suborder: | Scombroidei |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Scombrini |
Genus: | Rastrelliger |
Species: | R. faughni
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Binomial name | |
Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967
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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]