Chinese mackerel

Chinese mackerel
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Scomberomorini
Genus:	Scomberomorus
Species:	S. sinensis
Binomial name
	Scomberomorus sinensis; (Lacepède, 1800)
Synonyms
	Scomber sinensis Lacepède, 1800; Cybium sinensis (Lacepède, 1800); Cybium chinense Cuvier, 1832; Scomberomorus chinense (Cuvier, 1832); Scomberomorus chinensis (Cuvier, 1832); Cybium cambodgiense Durand, 1940; Scomberomorus cambodgiense (Durand, 1940);

The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River.^[3]

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The largest of the Spanish mackerels, the largest Chinese Seerfish was 131 kg (289 lb), which was caught off the coast of Korea in 1982.^[4]

The fish is often confused for the Dogtooth tuna, but can be differentiated by the more curved lateral line and silver spots.^[5]

See also