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Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Pneumatophorus diego (Ayres, 1856)
Pneumatophorus grex
Pneumatophorus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Pneumatophorus japonicus diego (Ayres, 1856)
Pneumatophorus japonicus japonicus
Pneumatophorus japonicus marplatensis López, 1955
Pneumatophorus peruanus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
Scomber capensis Cuvier, 1832
Scomber diego Ayres, 1856
Scomber gigas Fowler, 1935
Scomber janesaba Bleeker, 1854
Scomber japonicus japonicus
Scomber japonicus marplatensis (Lopez, 1955)
Scomber japonicus peruanus (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Scomber joanesaba Bleeker, 1854
Scomber peruanus (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Scomber pneumatophorus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Scomber saba Bleeker, 1854
Scomber scombrus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Scomber scombrus scombrus
Homonyms
Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
Common names
Atlantic chub mackerel in English
Atlantic chub mackerel in English
Barat in Spanish
Barat in Spanish
Barat d'ull gros in Spanish
Begui aundi in Spanish
Beguihaundi in Spanish
Beguihaundi in Spanish
Big-eyed mackerel in English
Bilica in Serbian
Biret in Spanish
Biret in Spanish
Bis in French
Biso in Spanish
Biso in Spanish
Bisol in Spanish
Bisol in Spanish
Bissu in Spanish
Bissu in Spanish
Blasenmakrele in German
Caballa in language.
Caballa in Spanish
Caballa in Spanish
Caballa Mora in Spanish
Caballa Verle in Spanish
Caballa mora in Spanish
Cachorreta in Spanish
Carite in Spanish
Cavala in Portuguese
Cavala-corrente in Portuguese
Cavala-do-pacífico in Portuguese
Cavalinha in Portuguese
Cavalla Vera in Spanish
Cavalla vera in Spanish
Cavallo in Italian
Chub mackerel, Spanish Mackerel in English
Colios in Romanian
Cuervas in Spanish
Cuervas in Spanish
Cugüu in French
Espanjanmakrilli in Finnish
Estornino in Spanish
Gallimo in Spanish
Gallimo in Spanish
Hareng du Pacifique in French
Hareng du pacifique in French
Ikan Salem in Indonesian
Japaninmakrilli in Finnish
Japanische Makrele in German
Japanische Makrele in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Collette, Bruce B. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Mackerels: Family Scombridae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 516-536.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Fowler 1943, Mann 1954, De Buen 1959a, Pequeño 1979, 1989, Collette & Nauen 1983, Nakamura et al. 1986, Meléndez et al. 1993, Chirichigno & Vélez 1998, Collette 2003, Reyes & Hüne 2012, Reyes & Hüne 2015.
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  7. Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
  8. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  9. 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
  10. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  11. 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.
  12. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  13. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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