Doublelined mackerel
📖 Overview
Inhabits open water but often seen swimming near outer reef walls or deep clear-water slopes . Found mostly in shallow reef waters where it forms large schools. Feeds on crustaceans and fishes, particularly clupeoids (Sardinella, Thrissocles), and other fishes such as Sphyraena and Balistes. Marketed canned and frozen . Its flesh is mild and pleasantly flavored, but brushed with lemon juice prior to cooking to remove the ammonia-like smell .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 14. Mouth relatively small, upper jaw reaching about to middle of eye. Pectoral fins stout. Interpelvic process short and single. No prominent anterior corselet present. Swim bladder present. Vertebrae 14 precaudal plus 17 caudal, total 31 as in mackerel (Scomber and Rastrelliger). : fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Doublelined mackerel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous ; depth range 15 - 50 m . Subtropical; 31°N - 25°S, 32°E - 175°W Indian Ocean: Red Sea eastward to the Andaman Sea.
🌿 Ecology
crustaceans and fishes, particularly clupeoids (Sardinella, Thrissocles), and other fishes such as S
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- heavy 30-80 lb class trolling rod
- conventional reel
- 80-130 lb wind-on leader
- temperature breaks
- floating debris
- current edges
- offshore seamounts
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ International management (ICCAT, WCPFC). Strict quotas and size limits.
📊 Population Dynamics
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🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Biturchturch · Double-lined mackerel · Doublelined Mackerel · Shark Mackerel · scad mackerel |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | سمكة الماكريل ذات الخطين |
| 🌍CES | makrela dvoupásá |
| 🇫🇷French | Thazard kusara · Thazard-kusara |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kusarah · Nijosaba · ニジョウサバ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Cavala-de-meia-água · Serra-cação-pintada |
| 🇷🇺Russian | обыкновенная двухлинейная макрель |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Carite-cazón Pintado · carite cazón pintado |
| 🌍THA | ปลาอินทรีปากเหม็น · ปลาอินทรีแกลบ |
| 🌍TUR | iki cizgili uskumru |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 大眼雙線鮁 · 大眼雙線鯖 · 煙仔魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammatocrynus bilineatus | Rüppell | 1836 | Synonym |
| Grammatorcynos bilineatus | Rüppell | 1836 | Synonym |
| Grammatorcyus bilineatus | Rüppell | 1836 | Synonym |
| Grammatorycnus bilineatus | Rüppell | 1836 | Synonym |
| Nesogrammus piersoni | Evermann & Seale | 1907 | Synonym |
| Thynnus bilineatus | Rüppell | 1836 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 4 records indexed .
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