| Chinese mackerel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Scomberomorini |
| Genus: | Scomberomorus |
| Species: | S. sinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800) | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River. [3]
The largest of the Spanish mackerels, the largest Chinese Seerfish was 131 kg (289 lb), which was caught off the coast of Korea in 1982. [4]
The fish is often confused for the Dogtooth tuna, but can be differentiated by the more curved lateral line and silver spots. [5]
