Atlantic chub mackerel

Atlantic chub mackerel
	Atlantic chub mackerel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Scomber
Species:	S. colias
Binomial name
	Scomber colias; Gmelin, 1789
Synonyms
	Pneumatophorus colias (Gmelin, 1789); Pneumatophorus japonicus marplatensis López, 1955; Scomber capensis Cuvier, 1832; Scomber dekayi Storer, 1855; Scomber gigas Fowler, 1935; Scomber gracilis Swainson, 1839; Scomber grex Mitchill, 1814; Scomber japonicus (non Houttuyn, 1782); Scomber macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810; Scomber maculatus Couch, 1832; Scomber pneumatophorus Delaroche, 1809; Scomber scomber lacertus Walbaum, 1792; Scomber japonicus colias (Gmelin, 1789); Scomber undulatus Swainson, 1839;

Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias), also known as Tinker mackerel, is a pelagic schooling species of mackerel found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. It was originally thought to be a subspecies of the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus colias.

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