Chilean jack mackerel

📖 Overview

Adults are found in the shore and open oceanic waters, in schools. They feed mainly on fish larvae and small crustaceans. Marketed fresh . Utilized canned for human consumption and also made into fishmeal . The species is often found in Juan Fernández Is. as an incidental catch of Pseudocaranx chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) fisheries .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 35; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 27 - 29. Body elongated and little compressed; teeth small and uniseriate; lower branch of first gill arch with 42 to 45 gill rakers; edge of shoulders girdle (cleithrum) with a small furrow at its upper end but lacking papillae; lateral line completely scaled, the scales becoming large scutes posteriorly; scutes in the area of the median curve 1.1 to 1.6 times the diameter of the eye; nape and back metallic blue or dark gray; flanks and belly pale; dorsal edge of operculum with a black stain . Body elongate and slightly compressed. Body dark blue dorsally, silvery-white ventrally. Black spot on upper posterior margin of opercle. Fins dusky . Pectoral fin falcate and very long .: fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Chilean jack mackerel is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Chilean jack mackerel is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; depth range 10 - 306 m , usually 10 - 70 m. Subtropical; 2°N - 56°S, 141°E - 63°W South Pacific and Southwestern Atlantic: Eastern Central and South Pacific: off Peru and Chile (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Scientific Synonyms

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .

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