Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Scombridae > Rastrelliger > Rastrelliger kanagurta

Rastrelliger kanagurta (longjawed mackerel; rakegilled mackerel; Striped makerel; Striped mackerel; Rake gilled mackerel; Rake gillat mackerel; Mouth mackerel; Mackerel; Long-jawed mackerel; Longjaw mackerel; Indian mackerel; Colombo cure; Chub mackerel; Rake-gilled mackerel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) is a species of mackerel in the scombrid family (family Scombridae) of order Perciformes. It is commonly found in the Indian and WestPacific oceans, and their surrounding seas. It is an important food fish and is commonly used in South and South-East Asian cuisine. It is known by various names, such as 'Kembung' in Indonesia, Bangda(बांगडा) in Marathi, Aiyla(അയല, ഐല) in Malayalam, Aiyla Meen (அயிலா மீன்) in Tamil and 'Bangude' (ಬಂಗುಡೆ) in Tulu, Konkani and Kannada.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Prey / Diet

Chanos chanos (Bandang)[2]

Predators

Istiophorus platypterus (Atlantic sailfish)[3]
Saurida undosquamis (Brushtooth lizardfish)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

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♦ 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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Dietary composition of the sailfish Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792) from Parangipettai, southeast coast of India, V. Ravi and V. Sekar, J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 52 (1) : 102 - 104, January - June 2010
♦ 4Feeding and Reproductive Biology of Saurida umlosquamis (Richardson, 1848) from Parangipettai Coast, Southeast Coast of India, K. Kadharsha, P. Mohanchander, P.S. Lyla and S.A. Khan, Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2013
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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