Serra Spanish mackerel

Serra Spanish mackerel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Scomberomorus
Species:	S. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Scomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978

The Serra Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus brasiliensis) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Specimens have been recorded at up to 125 cm in length, and weighing up to 6.71 kg. It is found in the western Atlantic, along the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts of Central and South America from Belize to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Literature records for S. maculatus (Atlantic Spanish mackerel) from the area apply to S. brasiliensis, which has erroneously been considered a synonym of S. maculatus by many authors. It feeds on small fish, squid/cuttlefish, shrimp/prawn, and isopods.

See also

• Mackerel as food

References

• "Scomberomorus brasiliensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Scomberomorus brasiliensis" in FishBase. June 2009 version.
• Collette, Russo, Zavala-Camin (1978). Scomberomorus brasiliensis, A new species of Spanish Mackerel from the western Atlantic. United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 76(1): 273-280|https://archive.org/details/fisherybulletin76unit/page/272/mode/2up.