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Family Order: Perciformes 🍽️ 22 Edible 🎣 50 Game Fish

Mackerels, tunas, and bonitos

Scombridae

Fast-swimming, mostly marine fish including the commercially important tunas and mackerels.

Species
51
Genera
14
Max Length
458 cm
Max Weight
684.0 kg
Avg Trophic
4.22
Threatened
1

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Mexico
20 spp.
Kenya
14 spp.
Brazil
14 spp.
Mozambique
14 spp.
Venezuela
12 spp.
United States
12 spp.
Colombia
12 spp.
Cuba
12 spp.
Seychelles
12 spp.
Canada
12 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
2,743 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
53
🔄 Diadromous
1

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
NT
DD
Least Concern 37
Near Threatened 5
Vulnerable 3
Endangered 1
Data Deficient 4

🏆 World Records

weight
Atlantic bluefin tuna - 678.58 kg
Thunnus thynnus
🎣 Ken Fraser 📍 Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada 📅 Oct 1979
weight
Yellowfin tuna - 193.68 kg
Thunnus albacares
🎣 Guy Yalon 📍 San Benedicto Island, Mexico 📅 Apr 2012
weight
Atlantic mackerel - 1.81 kg
Scomber scombrus
🎣 Robert Milkins 📍 Fowey, UK 📅 Jul 2009

🍽️ Nutrition & Mercury Safety

Edible Species
3
Avg Mercury
0.29
ppm · Moderate
Avg Omega-3
476
mg / serving