Rastrelliger
Rastrelliger is a mackerel genus in the family Scombridae. The three species of Rastrelliger together with the four species of Scomber comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".
| Rastrelliger | |
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| Rastrelliger kanagurta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Scombrini |
| Genus: | Rastrelliger Jordan and Starks in Jordan and Dickerson, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Scomber brachysoma Bleeker, 1851 | |
| Species | |
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Species
The three species which comprise Rastrelliger are:[1]
- Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851) (short mackerel)
- Rastrelliger faughni, Matsui, 1967 (island mackerel)
- Rastrelliger kanagurta, (Cuvier, 1816) (Indian mackerel)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Rastrelliger in FishBase. February 2018 version.
External links
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