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Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Scombridae
genus
Scomber
species
Scomber australasicus

Name

Synonyms
Pneumatophorus japonicus tapeinocephalus (Bleeker, 1854)
Pneumatophorus tapeinocephalus (Bleeker, 1854)
Scomber antarcticus Castelnau, 1872
Scomber tapeinocephalus Bleeker, 1854
Homonyms
Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832
Common names
Blue mackerel in English
Cavala-azul in Portuguese
Cavala-pintada in Portuguese
Common Mackerel in English
English Mackerel in English
Gomasaba in Japanese
Japanese mackerel in English
Japanese mackerel in English
Macarela Azul in Spanish
Pacific Mackerel in English
Saramulyete in language.
School Mackerel in English
Sgombro australe in Italian
Slimey mackerel in English
Slimies in English
Southern Mackerel in English
blue mackerel in English
caballa pintoja in Spanish
caballa pintoja in Spanish
macarela pintoja in Spanish
macarela pintoja in Spanish
maquereau tacheté in French
maquereau tacheté in French
slimy mackerel in English
slimy mackerel in English
spotted chub mackerel in English
spotted chub mackerel in English
spotted mackerel in English
spotted mackerel in English
Австралийская скумбрия in Russian
Австралийская скумбрия (макрель) in Russian
Скумбрія південноазійська in Ukrainian
ปลาทูญี่ปุ่น in Thai
ゴマサバ in Japanese
澳洲鯖 in Chinese
花腹鯖 in Chinese
花飛 in Chinese
青輝 in Chinese
망치고등어 in Korean
Blue Mackerel in English
ゴマサバ in Japanese
Blue mackerel in English
Caballa Pintoja in Spanish
Japanese Mackerel in English
Maquereau tacheté in French
Slimey mackerel in English
Spotted Chub Mackerel in English
Spotted Mackerel in English
macarela pintoja in Spanish
spotted chub mackerel in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Collette, Bruce B., Carol Reeb, and Barbara A. Block / Barbara A. Block and E. Donald Stevens, eds., 2001: Systematics of the Tunas and Mackerels (Scombridae). Fish Physiology, vol. 19: Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution. 1-33.
  2. Collette, Bruce B., and Cornelia E. Nauen, 1983: Scombrids of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Tunas, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 2. 137.
  3. Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  6. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  7. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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