WoRMS taxon details
Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815)
159342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159342)
accepted
Species
Cybium maculatum (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Scomber maculatus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber maculatus 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): 426, Pl. 6 (fig. 8) [details]
page(s): 426, Pl. 6 (fig. 8) [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Cape Cod to Miami (USA) and Gulf of Mexico coasts from Florida, USA to Yucatan, Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Cape Cod to Miami (USA) and Gulf of Mexico coasts from Florida, USA to Yucatan, Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159342 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scomber maculatus 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): 426, Pl. 6 (fig. 8) [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 426, Pl. 6 (fig. 8) [details]
basis of record 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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on small fishes (clupeoids and anchovies), few quantities of penaeoid shrimps and cephalopods [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: from Cape Cod to Miami (USA) and Gulf of Mexico coasts from Florida, USA to Yucatan, Mexico [details]
Habitat Migrates in large schools over great distances along the shore. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Highly commercial, fishery and gamefish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Spanish mackerelAtlantic Spanish mackerel | [details] |
| Spanish | sierra común | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications) (from synonym Cybium maculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (178 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) (from synonym Scomber maculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scomberomorus maculatus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cybium maculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber maculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase images (Scomberomorus maculatus, USA, by Wiggers, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus maculatus RAD111903-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus RAD111919-001 and RAD111920-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications) (from synonym Cybium maculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (178 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) (from synonym Scomber maculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scomberomorus maculatus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cybium maculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber maculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase images (Scomberomorus maculatus, USA, by Wiggers, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus maculatus RAD111903-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scomberomorus RAD111919-001 and RAD111920-001)
To ITIS
