Atlantic horse mackerel
📖 Overview
Adults form large schools in coastal areas with sandy substrate. They feed on fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. Are batch spawners . Females lay 140,000 eggs, which hatch into 5mm long larvae . Eggs are pelagic . Utilized fresh, smoked, canned and frozen; can be fried, broiled and baked . Divided into two stocks: West stock and North Sea stock. West stock spawns in a belt from the Biscay to Ireland in early spring, migrates north and eastwards to southern Norway and northern North Sea. North Sea stock spawns in the southern North Sea in summer, migrates to central North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 36; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 24 - 32. Bluish green, grey or black above, silvery white below; opercle with black spot . Lateral scales tall and keeled. Gill cover with a distinct black spot. First dorsal fin tall .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Atlantic horse mackerel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Atlantic horse mackerel is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 1050 m , usually 100 - 200 m . Subtropical; 67°N - 38°S, 26°W - 42°E South Africa to southwestern Indian Ocean (South Africa to southern Mozambique), and Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.
🌿 Ecology
fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Atlantic Horse Mackerel · Atlantic horse mackerel, Scad · Atlantic scad · Blue Mackarel · Cape Horse Mackerel · Common Horse Mackerel · Common Scad · European Horse Mackerel · Horse Mackerel · Horse-mackerel · Pollock · Scad · Western Horse Mackerel · crake-herring |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | شاخورة |
| 🌍BRE | chichard · craennik |
| 🏳️Catalan | sorell |
| 🌍CES | kranas obecný |
| 🌍CYM | Marchfecryll · marchfacrell |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Almindelig hestemakrel · Hestemakrel · støkker |
| 🇩🇪German | Atlantische Bastardmakrele · Bastardmakrele · Holzmakrele · Stöcker · Suri |
| 🌍ELL | Γκριζοσαύριδο · Σαβρίδι · Σαφρίδι |
| 🌍EUS | txitxarro arrunt |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Piikkimakrilli |
| 🇫🇷French | Bizet · Cagnassun · Chinchard Noir · Chinchard commun · Chinchard commun, Chinchard d'Europe · Chinchard d'Europe · Maquerelle · Saurel · Severeau · carangue · caringue · chinchard · chinchard d'Europa · maquereau bâtard · poisson pilote |
| 🌍GLE | An bolmán |
| 🌍GLG | chicharro · xurelo |
| 🌍HEB | טרכון רחב-מגנים |
| 🌍ISL | Brynstirtla |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Scombro bastardo · Sorello · Sugarello · Suro · Suro di fondo |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | ニシマアジ |
| 🌍LIT | Paprastoji stauridė |
| 🌍MLT | Sawrella · Sawrella bajda · Sawrella catta · Sawrella kahla · Sawrella komuni |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Atlantische horsmakreel · Horsmakreel · Marsbanker · maasbanker |
| 🌍NNO | hestmakrell · piggmakrell · spansk makrell · taggmakrell |
| 🌍NOB | hestmakrell · piggmakrell · spansk makrell · taggmakrell |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Taggmakrell · Taggmakrell (hestemakrell) · hestemakrell |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Ostrobok pospolity · ostrobok |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Carapau · Carapau-branco · Chicharro |
| 🌍RON | Stravrid mare |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Обыкновенная ставрида · Ставрида атлантическая |
| 🌍SLV | Sur · šnjur |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Chicharro · Chincho · Jurel · Xurelo · chincharro |
| 🌍SQI | Stavrid · Stavridh · stavrida · stavrida atlantike · stavridhi |
| 🌍SRP | Sarun · Snjur · Trnobok |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Taggmakrill · taggsill |
| 🌍TUR | Istavrit · Karagöz istavrit |
| 🌍UKR | Ставрида атлантична |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 竹筴魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caranx trachurus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Scomber trachurus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trachurus europaeus | Gronow | 1854 | Synonym |
| Trachurus saurus | Rafinesque | 1810 | Synonym |
| Trachurus vulgaris | Fleming | 1828 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 93 records indexed .
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