Korean seerfish
📖 Overview
Feeds on small schooling fishes, such as sardines and anchovies and on shrimps. This species makes up an important part of the drift net fishery in Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar. Marketed fresh and dried-salted .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 24; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 24; Vertebrae: 46 - 47. Interpelvic process small and bifid. Lateral line with many auxiliary branches extending dorsally and ventrally in anterior third, gradually curving down toward caudal peduncle. Intestine with 4 folds and 5 limbs. Swim bladder absent. Body covered with small scales. Sides silvery with spots scattered along lateral median line.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Korean seerfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous . Tropical; 39°N - 6°S, 70°E - 138°E West Pacific: west coast of India and Sri Lanka along the continental shelf eastward to Sumatra, Indonesia and Singapore, and northward to China, Korea (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
small schooling fishes, such as sardines and anchovies and on shrimps
📐 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
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Korean mackerel · Korean seerfish |
| 🇫🇷French | thazard Coréen |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Hira-sawara · Hirasawara · ヒラサワラ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Serra-coreana |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Корейская макрель |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Sierra Coreana · carite Coreano |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 朝鮮馬鮫 · 破北 · 闊北 · 闊腹仔 · 高麗馬加鰆 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cybium koreanum | Kishinouye | 1915 | Synonym |
| Sawara koreanum | Kishinouye | 1915 | Synonym |
| Scomberomorus guttatus koreanus | Kishinouye | 1915 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 3 records indexed .
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