Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Scombridae > Grammatorcynus > Grammatorcynus bicarinatus

Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (largescaled tunny; Shark mackerel; Salmon mackerel; Mackerel; Large-scaled tunny; Largescale tunny; Double-lined mackerel; Double-lined scad)

Synonyms: Grammatocynus bicarinatus; Grammatorycnus bicarinatus; Thynnus bicarinatus
Language: Carolinian; Cebuano; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Japanese; Kumak; Mandarin Chinese; Palauan; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Tagalog

Wikipedia Abstract

The shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus) is a species of Spanish mackerel (tribe Scomberomorini) in the scombrid family (Scombridae). Their maximum reported length is 112 cm (44 in), and the maximum reported weight is 13.5 kg (30 lb). This species is sometimes also called the largescaled tunny, large-scaled tunny or salmon mackerel. Before 1983, this species was sometimes confused with Grammatorcynus bilineatus, the double-lined mackerel.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Prey / Diet

Encrasicholina punctifer (Oceanic anchovy)[2]
Spratelloides delicatulus (White bait)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gotocotyla acanthura[3]
Kudoa grammatorcyni[4]
Plerurus digitatus[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Predators of Tuna Baitfish and the Effects of Baitfishing on the Subsistence Reef Fisheries of Fiji, S.J.M. Blaber, D.A. Milton, N.J.F. Rawlinson and A. Sesewa, Tuna Baitfish in Fiji and Solomon Islands: proceedings of a workshop, Suva, Fiji, 17-18 August 1993. ACIAR Proceedings No. 52. p. 51-61
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0