Order Perciformes Scientific name Trachurus Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata | |
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Lower classifications Atlantic horse mackerel, Japanese horse mackerel, Chilean jack mackerel, Pacific jack mackerel, Greenback horse mackerel | ||
Tindalls bay snorkel fish species yellowtail jack mackrel hautere trachurus novaezelandiae
Jack mackerels or saurels are marine fish in the Trachurus genus of the Carangidae family. The name of the genus derives from the Greek words trachys ("rough") and oura ("tail"). Some species, such as T. murphyi, are harvested in purse seine nets, and overfishing (harvesting beyond sustainable levels) has sometimes occurred.
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- Tindalls bay snorkel fish species yellowtail jack mackrel hautere trachurus novaezelandiae
- ma aji aji japanese jack mackerel trachurus japonicus
- Species
- References
It is often used in Japanese cuisine, where it is called aji, and in Turkish cuisine, where it is called istavrit.
ma aji aji japanese jack mackerel trachurus japonicus
Species
The genus Trachurus was defined in 1810 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, who called the type species Trachurus saurus. Taxonomists later determined that T. saurus was in fact the same species as one described earlier as Scomber trachurus, defined in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus. Under the rules of binomial nomenclature, that species is now known as Trachurus trachurus, commonly known as the Atlantic horse mackerel.
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
