Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Perciformes: family
Scombridae: genus
Scomber: species
Scomber scombrus

Name

Synonyms: Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814; Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849; Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758; Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863; Scomber scrombrus; Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815; Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828; Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837
Homonyms: Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Almindelig makrel in Danish; Almindelig makrel in Danish; Almindelig makrel in Danish; An ronnach in Irish; Atlantic Mackerel in English; Atlantic mackerel in English; Atlantic mackerel in English; Atlantic mackerel in English; Atlantic mackerel, Mackerel in English; Atlantinė skumbrė in Lithuanian; Atlantische Makrele in German; Atlantische Makrele in German; Atlantische makreel in Dutch; Atlantische makreel in Dutch; Brezhel in Breton; Caballa in Spanish; Caballa del Atlántico in Spanish; Cavala-do-Atlântico in Portuguese; Cavalla in Portuguese; Cá thu Đại Tây Dương in Vietnamese; Gemeine Makrele in German; Gewone makreel in Dutch; Joey in English; Joey in English; Joey in English; Kavall in Maltese; Kpokún in language.; Közönséges makréla in Hungarian; Lacerta in Italian; Lacerto in Italian; Laxerto in language.; Macarello in Italian; Maccerello in Italian; Mackeral in English; Mackerel in English; Macrou in Romanian; Makerel Atlantik in Indonesian; Makreel in Dutch; Makrel in Danish; Makrel in Danish; Makrela in Polish; Makrela atlantycka in Polish; Makrele in German; Makrele in German; Makrele in German; Makrell in Norwegian; Makrelo in Ido; Makrill in Swedish; Makrilli in Finnish; Makro in Haitian Creole

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