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SPECIES WHOSE COMMON NAME INCLUDES "MACKEREL"

Family Scombridae

Atlantic Mackerel '' Scomber Scombrus ''

Atlantic Spanish Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Maculatus ''

Blue Mackerel '' Scomber Australasicus ''

Broadbarred King Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Semifasciatus ''

Chub Mackerel '' Scomber Japonicus ''

Australian Spotted Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Munroi ''

Double-lined Mackerel '' Grammatorcynus Bilineatus ''

Happened Mackerel '' Happundreus Maculatus ''

Indian Mackerel '' Rastrelliger Kanagurta ''

Indo-Pacific King Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Guttatus ''

Island Mackerel '' Rastrelliger Faughni ''

Japanese Spanish Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Niphonius ''

King Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Cavalla ''

Spanish Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Macula ''

Streaked Spanish Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Lineolatus ''

Spotted Spanish Mackerel '' Scomberomorus Guttus ''

Family Trachuridae

Atlantic Horse Mackerel '' Trachurus Trachurus ''

Blue Jack Mackerel '' Trachurus Picturatus ''

Cape Horse Mackerel '' Trachurus Capensis ''

Cunene Horse Mackerel '' Trachurus Trecae ''

Greenback Horse Mackerel '' Trachurus Declivis ''

Japanese Horse Mackerel '' Trachurus Japonicus ''

Mediterranean Horse Mackerel '' Trachurus Mediterraneus ''

Jack Mackerel '' Trachurus Symmetricus ''

Family Hexagrammidae

Okhostk Atka Mackerel '' Pleurogrammus Azonus ''

Atka Mackerel '' Pleurogrammus Monopterygius ''

Family Gempylidae

Black Snake Mackerel '' Nealotus Tripes ''

Blacksail Snake Mackerel '' Thyrsitoides Marleyi ''

Snake Mackerel '' Gempylus Serpens ''

Violet Snake Mackerel '' Nesiarchus Nasutus ''

White Snake Mackerel '' Thyrsitops Lepidopoides ''

USE AS AN ADJECTIVE

"Mackerel" is also used as an adjective in the vernacular names of other animals or breeds thereof, often used to indicate types with a mackerel-like pattern of vertical stripes:

Mackerel Icefish - '' Champsocephalus Gunnari ''

Mackerel Pike - '' Cololabis Saira ''

Mackerel Scad - '' Decapterus Macarellus ''

Mackerel Shark - several species

Sharp-nose Mackerel Shark - '' Isurus Oxyrinchus ''

Mackerel Trevalla - '' Seriolella Punctata ''

Mackerel Tuna - '' Euthynnus Affinis ''

Mackerel Tabby Cat - '' Felis Silvestris Catus ''

See also

A Mackerel Sky is a formation of Altocumulus clouds.