WoRMS taxon details
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
127023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127023)
accepted
Species
Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted
Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849 · unaccepted
Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863 · unaccepted
Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Scomber scombrus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Labrador to Cape Lookout, N.C.
Distribution Labrador to Cape Lookout, N.C. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127023 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 215, Pl. 46 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849) Couch, J. (1849). Description of Scomber punctatus, a species of mackerel not hitherto recognized by naturalists. <em>The Zoologist: a Popular Miscellany of Natural History.</em> v. 7 (Appendix, art. 4): xxix-xxxi.
page(s): xxix, Fig. [details]
original description (of Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863) Couch, J. (1963). The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2. 1-265, Pls. 58-120.
page(s): 84, Pl. 81 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 423 [details]
original description (of Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 217 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 215, Pl. 46 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849) Couch, J. (1849). Description of Scomber punctatus, a species of mackerel not hitherto recognized by naturalists. <em>The Zoologist: a Popular Miscellany of Natural History.</em> v. 7 (Appendix, art. 4): xxix-xxxi.
page(s): xxix, Fig. [details]
original description (of Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863) Couch, J. (1963). The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2. 1-265, Pls. 58-120.
page(s): 84, Pl. 81 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 423 [details]
original description (of Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 217 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on plankton, amphipods, euphausiids, shrimps, small squid and crab and fish larvae [details]Distribution Labrador to Cape Lookout, N.C. [details]
Habitat Pelagic species found to depths of 200 m, overwinter near bottoms, move upward in spring. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Social- Highly commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Porbeagles, dogfish, Atlantic cod, bluefin tuna, swordfish, porpoises and harbour seals [details]
Reproduction Spawn from mid June to mid July, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers, pelagic eggs and larvae [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | skushaskumbrishkombrikorbazi | [details] |
| Breton | brillbreghel | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Черноморска скумрия [from synonym] | [details] |
| Catalan | verat | [details] |
| Czech | makrela obecná | [details] |
| Danish | makrel | [details] |
| Dutch | makreelAtlantische makreel | [details] |
| English | mackerelAtlantic mackerel | [details] |
| Finnish | makrilli | [details] |
| French | maquereau communmaquereau bleumaquereau | [details] |
| Galician | xardacorreolocabala | [details] |
| German | Makrele [from synonym]Atlantische Makrele | [details] |
| Icelandic | makríll | [details] |
| Irish | ronnach | [details] |
| Italian | sgombromaccarellolacerto | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σκουμπρί | [details] |
| Norwegian | makrell | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | makrell | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | makrell | [details] |
| Polish | makrela atlantyckamakrela | [details] |
| Portuguese | sardacavala | [details] |
| Romanian | scrumbie | [details] |
| Russian | Скумбрия атлантическаяskumbriyamakrel | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | ronnach an Atlantaigh | [details] |
| Slovenian | skuša | [details] |
| Spanish | caballa | [details] |
| Swedish | makrill | [details] |
| Turkish | uskumru | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Скумбрія атлантична | [details] |
| Welsh | macrell | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (444 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (452 publications) (from synonym Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (623 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scomber scombrus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase images (Scomber scombrus, Denmark, by Svensen, E.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (45885 nucleotides; 67705 proteins) (from synonym Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (45885 nucleotides; 67705 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomber scombrus RAD111817-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomber scombrus RAD111817-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (444 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (452 publications) (from synonym Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (623 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scomber scombrus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber punctatus Couch, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase images (Scomber scombrus, Denmark, by Svensen, E.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (45885 nucleotides; 67705 proteins) (from synonym Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (45885 nucleotides; 67705 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomber scombrus RAD111817-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomber scombrus RAD111817-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
