West African Spanish mackerel

The West African Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus tritor) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae.

West African Spanish mackerel

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species:
S. tritor
Binomial name
Scomberomorus tritor
(Cuvier, 1832)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cybium tritor Cuvier, 1832
  • Apolectus immunis Bennett, 1831
  • Scomberomorus argyreus Fowler, 1905

Specimens have been recorded at up to 100 cm in length, and weighing up to 6 kg. Coloration is bluish-green on the back fading to silvery on the sides marked with about 3 rows of vertically elongate orange spots.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic, along the Atlantic coasts of Africa from Canary Islands and Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea and Baía dos Tigres, Angola. It is rarely found in the northern Mediterranean Sea, along the coasts of France and Italy.

It forms school close to the shore. It feeds on small fishes, especially clupeoides like sardines and anchovies. S. tritor has been erroneously been considered as a synonym of S. maculatus by many authors.

References
  1. Collette, B.; Amorim, A.F.; Boustany, A.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus tritor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170326A6749128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170326A6749128.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Scomberomorus tritor" in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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