Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Scombridae > Scomberomorus > Scomberomorus semifasciatus

Scomberomorus semifasciatus (Tiger mackerel; Striped school mackerel; Korean mackerel; Grey Spanish mackerel; Grey mackerel; Brownie; Broadbarred Spanish mackerel; Broad-barred mackerel; Broadbarred mackerel; Broad-barred king mackerel; Broadbarred king mackerel; Broadbanded mackerel)

Synonyms: Cybium semifasciatum; Cybium tigris; Indocybium semifasciatum; Scomberomorus tigris
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Wikipedia Abstract

The broadbarred king mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae found in tropical waters of the western Pacific, along the northern coast of Australia and the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, from Shark Bay, Western Australia to northern New South Wales, in waters from the surface down to 100 m (330 ft). Specimens have been recorded at up to 120 cm in length, and weighing up to 10 kg. They are pelagic predators, feeding on small fishes such as sardines and herring.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Prey / Diet

Anodontostoma chacunda (Chacunda gizzard shad)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Negaprion acutidens (Sicklefin lemon shark)1
Platycephalus indicus (Indo-Pacific flathead)1
Scomberoides commersonnianus (Doubledotted queenfish)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gotocotyla acanthura[3]
Plerurus digitatus[3]
Pseudothoracocotyla ovalis[3]

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
2Diets of piscivorous fishes in a tropical Australian estuary, with special reference to predation on penaeid prawns, J. P. Salini, S. J. M. Blaber and D. T. Brewer, Marine Biology 105, 363-374 (1990)
3Gibson, 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