SCOMBRIDAE
SCOMBRIDAE
Mackerel, Tunas, Bonitos
أسماك التونة والماكريل
Order: PerciformesClass: Actinopterygii
12species in the encyclopedia
12count stated by the source
12records with a plate cleared for display (of 12)
What this page holds, and what it does not
It holds the published records of this family with the names the register designates, the plates cleared for display, and the characters of the family as the printed source states them.
No scientific distribution is published for any record yet; the names recorded for the Red Sea and the Gulf are names, not occurrence records.
No conservation assessment is published in the register yet, so no conservation badge is shown for any record.
Taxa in this family
One card per record: its plate when the register permits one, its name with its standing, and its codes. A card without an image has no plate the register lets us display.
Auxis thazard
Frigate tuna Measured specimen length: 35.2 cm
HWT-FISH-0339
Euthynnus affinis
Kawakawa Measured specimen length: 41.2 cm
HWT-FISH-0340
National code 5101
Grammatorcynus bicarnatus
Shark mackerel Measured specimen length: 56.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0341
Grammatorcynus bilineatus
Double-lined mackerel Measured specimen length: 31.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0342
Gymnosarda unicolor
Dogtooth tuna Measured specimen length: 26.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0343
National code 5102
Katsuwonus pelamis
Skipjack tuna Measured specimen length: 70.8 cm
HWT-FISH-0344
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Indian mackerel Measured specimen length: 28.7 cm
HWT-FISH-0345
National code 5103
Scomber australasicus
Blue mackerel Measured specimen length: 29.7 cm
HWT-FISH-0346
Scomber japonicus
Chub mackerel Measured specimen length: 30.1 cm
HWT-FISH-0347
Scomberomorus commerson
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Measured specimen length: 76.5 cm
HWT-FISH-0348
National code 5104
Thunnus albacares
Yellowfin tuna Measured specimen length: 58.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0349
Thunnus tonggol
Longtail tuna Measured specimen length: 100.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0350
National code 5106
The length is that of one measured specimen, not the maximum length of the species. A missing length means the encyclopedia holds no documented value.
Family characters
- Fin formula: Anal A: 11 – 23 rays
- Fin formula: Pelvic P1: 6 softrays
- Fin formula: Pectoral P2: 19 – 36 softrays
- Fin formula: Dorsal D: 6-13 slender spines
- Species count stated by the source: 12
These are diagnostic characters of the family. They are not a measured value for any individual species and do not appear on species pages.
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.