Mackerel

The mackerel (Scomber scombrus) is a speshies of fish found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, an the northren Atlantic Ocean, where it is extremely common an occurs in huge schools in the pelagic zone down about 200 m (660 ft).

Mackerel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Faimily:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Scombrini
Genus:	Scomber
Species:	S. scombrus
Binomial name
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758 Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814 Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815 Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837 Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849 Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863